title: Maternal and obstetric effects of prenatal drug exposure.
abstract: Women addicted to recreational drugs are at a higher risk for a variety of obstetrical complications that may increase perinatal morbidity for mother and child. Because most of these women consume more than one recreational drug and are found to have a clustering of other psychosocial risk factors such as poverty and single motherhood, attention should be given to the complexity of all risks involved.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bishai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D015406:Single Parent; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs