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Z Ali

Substance Use in Pregnancy at the Mount Hope Women’s Hospital in Trinidad

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimjopen.2012.098
Pages: 
18–21
Synopsis: 
Reported substance use, socio-economic and demographic data were collected from mothers delivering at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital. Meconium samples from their newborns were analysed for cocaine and marijuana metabolites.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and cocaine use among mothers giving birth at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital.

Revised: 
January 27, 2014
Accepted: 
February 24, 2014
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