A critique of "obstetrical pain-relieving drugs as predictors of infant behavior variability".
Aleksandrowicz and Aleksandrowicz (1974) concluded that "the use of obstetrical drugs is related to a considerable degree, to infantile behavior over the first month of life" (p. 944). Questions are raised about the adequacy of a number of their procedures. These questions are serious enough to disturb the foundation for any conclusions.
D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011336:Probability; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards
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