Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in West Virginia Substate Regions, 2007-2013

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• 作者：Meagan E. Stabler ; D. Leann Long ; Ilana R. A. Chertok ; Peter R. Giacobbi Jr. ; Courtney Pilkerton and Laura R. Lander
• 刊名：The Journal of Rural Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：Winter 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：33
• 期：1
• 页码：92-101
• 全文大小：497K
• ISSN：1748-0361

文摘

The opioid epidemic is a public health threat with consequences affecting newborns. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a constellation of withdrawal symptoms resulting primarily from in utero opioid exposure. The purpose of this study was to examine NAS and drug-specific trends in West Virginia (WV), where rurality-related issues are largely present.