BEHAVIOR IN COCAINE-EXPOSED INFANTS AND CHILDREN - ASSOCIATION VERSUSCAUSALITY

Authors
NEUSPIEL DR
Citation
Dr. Neuspiel, BEHAVIOR IN COCAINE-EXPOSED INFANTS AND CHILDREN - ASSOCIATION VERSUSCAUSALITY, Drug and alcohol dependence, 36(2), 1994, pp. 101-107
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse",Psychiatry
Journal title
Drug and alcohol dependence → ACNP
ISSN journal
03768716
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
101 - 107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0376-8716(1994)36:2<101:BICIAC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on infant and child developme nt and behavior are uncertain. This ambiguity has been enhanced by the early nature of human research and suboptimal study designs. Methodol ogical difficulty in this research, particularly in the consideration of confounding effects, has made it difficult to ascribe causal relati onships. Future research must consider more precise measures of confou nding.