Wild . . . But Not So Wonderful—Responding to Injection Drug Use in West Virginia
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Prevalence of drug use in pregnant West Virginia patients.
INTRODUCTION Substance abuse in pregnancy is of serious concern to society as well as health care providers caring for pregnant women and their infants. Various studies have suggested a prevalence of 10 -20%. This study used anonymous sampling of umbilical cord tissue to estimate the prevalence of substance abuse in West Virginia. METHODS For the period of August 2009, as many umbilical cord ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2018.304937