Maternal prescribed opioid analgesic use during pregnancy and associations with adverse birth outcomes: A population-based study.

<h4>Background</h4>Published research on prescribed opioid analgesic (POA) use during pregnancy and birth outcomes is limited in scope and has not adequately adjusted for potential confounding factors. To help address these gaps, we estimated associations between maternal POAs during pre...

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Main Authors: Ayesha C Sujan, Patrick D Quinn, Martin E Rickert, Kelsey K Wiggs, Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson, Catarina Almqvist, A Sara Öberg, Brian M D'Onofrio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002980