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ERIC Number: EJ436382
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Neurobehavioral Syndromes in Cocaine-Exposed Newborn Infants.
Lester, Barry M.; And Others
Child Development, v62 n4 p694-705 Aug 1991
The effects of fetal cocaine exposure on newborn cry characteristics were studied in 80 cocaine-exposed and 80 control infants. Findings were consistent with the notion that two neurobehavioral syndromes, excitable and depressed, can be described in cocaine-exposed infants and that these two syndromes are a result of direct neurotoxic effects and indirect effects secondary to intrauterine growth retardation. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Birth Weight, Child Health, Cocaine, Crying, Depression (Psychology), Drug Abuse, Neonates, Neurological Impairments, Physical Development, Prenatal Drug Exposure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Excitement; Fetal Development; Neurobehavioral Syndromes