Methamphetamine use by pregnant women: impact on the neonate and challenges for the perinatal team
Index to South African Periodicals
- Date
- 2012-02-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 8-11
- Keywords
- United Nations, Pregnant women, Drug abuse, Neonates, Methamphetamine, amphetamine, ecstasy, ATSS, Amphetamine-type stimulants, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, World Drug Report
- Author(s)
- Odendaal, H., Smith, J., Madide, A.
- Publication Title
- Obstetrics gynaecology forum
- Volume
- 22
- ISSN
- 1029-1962
- Description
- Reports on a study undertaken to investigate methamphetamine use by pregnant women, its impact on the neonate and challenges for the perinatal team. Comments that Africa has been identified as an emerging region of consumption and trafficking of methamphetamine in particular.
- Subject
- OBSTETRICS, GYNAECOLOGY