The maternal lifestyle study: effects of substance exposure during pregnancy on neurodevelopmental outcome in 1-month-old infants

BM Lester, EZ Tronick, L LaGasse, R Seifer… - …, 2002 - publications.aap.org
Objective. This was a prospective longitudinal multisite study of the effects of prenatal
cocaine and/or opiate exposure on neurodevelopmental outcome in term and preterm …

The Maternal Lifestyle Study: drug use by meconium toxicology and maternal self-report

BM Lester, M ElSohly, LL Wright, VL Smeriglio… - …, 2001 - publications.aap.org
Objective. The objective of this study was to describe drug use by pregnant women
participating in the 4-site Maternal Lifestyle Study of in utero cocaine and/or opiate …

The Maternal Lifestyle Study: drug exposure during pregnancy and short-term maternal outcomes

CR Bauer, S Shankaran, HS Bada, B Lester… - American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Reports of maternal effects resulting from drug exposure during pregnancy are
inconsistent. The Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS) is a multicenter, prospective, observational …

Acute neonatal effects of cocaine exposure during pregnancy

CR Bauer, JC Langer, S Shankaran… - … of pediatrics & …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To identify associations between cocaine exposure during pregnancy and medical
conditions in newborn infants from birth through hospital discharge. Design Multisite …

Gestational cocaine exposure and intrauterine growth: maternal lifestyle study

HS Bada, A Das, CR Bauer, S Shankaran… - Obstetrics & …, 2002 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effects of cocaine exposure on intrauterine growth and to
investigate at what point in gestation growth deviation would be manifested. METHODS …

Prenatal drug exposure and maternal and infant feeding behaviour

LL LaGasse, D Messinger, BM Lester, R Seifer… - Archives of Disease in …, 2003 - fn.bmj.com
Objective: To evaluate feeding difficulties and maternal behaviour during a feeding session
with 1 month old infants prenatally exposed to cocaine and/or opiates. Methods: The study is …

The Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS): effects of prenatal cocaine and/or opiate exposure on auditory brain response at one month

BM Lester, L LaGasse, R Seifer, EZ Tronick… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective To study absolute and interpeak latencies of the auditory brain response in infants
exposed to cocaine and/or opiates in utero. Study design The sample included 477 exposed …

Importance of stability of early living arrangements on behavior outcomes of children with and without prenatal drug exposure

HS Bada, J Langer, J Twomey, C Bursi… - … of Developmental & …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We evaluated whether living arrangements of children with or without prenatal
drug exposure would be associated with their behavior outcomes and adaptive functioning …

On the path to adoption: Adoption seeking in the United States, 1988

CA Bachrach, KA London, PL Maza - Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1991 - JSTOR
Data from the National Survey of Family Growth provide the basis for the first estimate based
on direct measures of the population seeking to adopt in the United States. Over 2 million …

Central and autonomic system signs with in utero drug exposure

HS Bada, CR Bauer, S Shankaran, B Lester… - Archives of Disease in …, 2002 - fn.bmj.com
Aims: To determine risk for central nervous system/autonomic nervous system (CNS/ANS)
signs following in utero cocaine and opiate exposure. Methods: A multisite study was …