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Maternal Substance Use

Maternal Substance Use is a clinical and behavioral construct denoting the consumption of psychoactive substances, including alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, or non-prescribed medications, by a woman during pregnancy or the perinatal period, distinguished by its direct implication in fetal development, neonatal outcomes, and maternal health trajectories within the contexts of behavioral teratology and maternal health social work.

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Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States

Oriana Vesga-López, Carlos Blanco, Katherine M. Keyes et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry · 2008 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Cocaine Use in Pregnancy

Ira J. Chasnoff, William J. Burns, Sidney H. Schnoll et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1985 · 797 citations

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The Prevalence of Illicit-Drug or Alcohol Use during Pregnancy and Discrepancies in Mandatory Reporting in Pinellas County, Florida

Ira J. Chasnoff, Harvey J. Landress, Mark E. Barrett · New England Journal of Medicine · 1990 · 731 citations · Full text

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Committee Opinion No. 711: Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2017 · 654 citations

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Pregnant women and substance use: fear, stigma, and barriers to care

Rebecca Stone · Health & Justice · 2015 · 591 citations · Full text

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    Barry M. Lester

    Brown University, United States

    40 publications · 3.8K citations

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    Hendrée E. Jones

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    44 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Linda L. LaGasse

    Brown University, United States

    31 publications · 2.8K citations

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    Marilyn A. Huestis

    National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States

    27 publications · 2.2K citations

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    Ira J. Chasnoff

    Northwestern University, United States

    29 publications · 4.7K citations

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  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    47 h-index

    334 publications

    22.9K citations

  2. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    46 h-index

    203 publications

    17.2K citations

  3. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    38 h-index

    187 publications

    18.4K citations

  4. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    38 h-index

    188 publications

    10.6K citations

  5. National Institute on Drug Abuse

    Bethesda, United States

    36 h-index

    94 publications

    8.7K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    36 h-index

    135 publications

    10K citations

  7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    33 h-index

    137 publications

    6.3K citations

  8. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    33 h-index

    123 publications

    11.4K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 229 publications · 9.9K citations

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  2. PEDIATRICS

    69 publications · 8.2K citations

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  3. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    AJOG · 80 publications · 6.7K citations

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  4. Neurotoxicology and Teratology

    88 publications · 5.3K citations

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  5. Drug and Alcohol Dependence

    75 publications · 4.8K citations

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