Purpura fulminans 10 years after contaminated cocaine use
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Cocaine use during pregnancy and health outcome after 10 years.
BACKGROUND Women who used cocaine during pregnancy may become at risk for increased physical and mental health problems. METHODS Three hundred and twenty-one (158 cocaine use during pregnancy (PC), 163 no cocaine (NC)) women were assessed using the Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36V2) 10 years after infant birth. Factors related to mental and physical health, and co-occurring with PC, were e...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60069-1