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Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Baseline Data from a Scottish Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Plant Moira L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1984.tb00264.x
Subject(s) - prospective cohort study , alcohol consumption , pregnancy , alcohol , consumption (sociology) , medicine , obstetrics , harm , environmental health , baseline (sea) , demography , psychology , social psychology , biology , social science , biochemistry , genetics , sociology , fishery
Summary The results are reported from the first of four phases of a prospective study on the association between alcohol consumption during pregnancy and fetal harm. These data revealed a generally low level of alcohol consumption amongst the 1, 008 respondents. Self–reported alcohol consumption was slightly, but significantly, positively correlated with previous obstetric problems. Evidence from other studies indicates that between 1.8 per cent and 4.8 per cent of the study group may run an enhanced risk of producing damaged babies.