The maternal lifestyle study: effects of substance exposure during pregnancy on neurodevelopmental outcome in 1-month-old infants.

BM, Lester; EZ, Tronick; L, LaGasse; R, Seifer; CR, Bauer; S, Shankaran; HS, Bada; LL, Wright; VL, Smeriglio; J, Lu; LP, Finnegan; PL, Maza

doi:10.1542/peds.110.6.1182

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The maternal lifestyle study: effects of substance exposure during pregnancy on neurodevelopmental outcome in 1-month-old infants.

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Lester BM

Tronick EZ

LaGasse L

Abstract

Objective This was a prospective longitudinal multisite study of the effects of prenatal cocaine and/or opiate exposure on neurodevelopmental outcome in term and preterm infants at 1 month of age.Methods The sample included 658 exposed and 730 comparison infants matched on race, gender, and gestatio...

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