Methodological Issues in Controlled Studies on Effects of Prenatal Exposure toDrug Abuse

摘要

The document presents the proceedings of the first NIDA technical review relatedto the conduct of controlled studies on the effects of prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse. Sessions were as follows: Detection and Quantification of Prenatal Drug Exposure in Infants; Assessment of Pregnancy Outcome; Assessment of Status of the Newborn; Measurement of Drug-Induced Physical and Behavioral Delays and/or Abnormalities: A General Framework; Measurement of Drug-Induced Physical and Behavioral Delays and/or Abnormalities: (A) Physiology and (B) Neuroendocrinology; Measurement of Drug-induced Physical and Behavioral Delays and/or Abnormalities: (C) Learning and Cognition and (D) Social Bonding/Emotional and Development; and Tracking Drug Effects Over the Lifespan.