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Effects of Addictive Substances During Pregnancy and Infancy and Their Analysis in Biological Materials

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 227

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Addictive substance use is most prevalent in people who are of reproductive-age. In a national prevalence survey performed among pregnant women aged 15–44 years, 10.8 % reported using alcohol, 17 % reported smoking during pregnancy, and 4.4 % reported abusing one or more illicit substances (Fig. 1) (SAMHSA 2011). Substance abuse for a pregnant woman is twice as dangerous as for others, because:

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Justyna Płotka and Sylwia Narkowicz express their gratitude for financial support received from the Human Capital Programme (POKL.04.01.01-00-368/09).

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    Justyna Płotka, Sylwia Narkowicz, Żaneta Polkowska, Marek Biziuk & Jacek Namieśnik

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Płotka, J., Narkowicz, S., Polkowska, Ż., Biziuk, M., Namieśnik, J. (2014). Effects of Addictive Substances During Pregnancy and Infancy and Their Analysis in Biological Materials. In: Whitacre, D. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 227. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 227. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01327-5_2

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