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The temporal influence of a heroin shortage on pregnant drug users and their newborn infants in Sydney, Australia

Date

Authors

Pong, Kwai Meng

Mohamed, Abdel-Latif

Lui, Kei

Wodak, Alexander D

Feller, John M

Campbell, Thomas

Oei, Ju Lee

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Background: Heroin availability and purity decreased precipitously in Australian markets between 2000 and 2001. This led to increased use of non-opiate drugs in the general community but whether pregnant drug users and their newborn infants were affected

Keywords

Keywords: cannabis; cocaine; diamorphine; methadone; morphine; phenobarbital; adult; article; Australia; drug dependence; drug exposure; female; hospitalization; human; infant; male; medical record review; newborn; prenatal exposure; priority journal; withdrawal sy Heroin shortage; Newborn; Pregnancy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60094

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01146.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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