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Peer reviewedLester, Barry M.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
The effects of fetal cocaine exposure on newborn cry characteristics were studied in 80 cocaine-exposed and 80 control infants. Findings were consistent with the notion that two neurobehavioral syndromes, excitable and depressed, can be described in cocaine-exposed infants and that these two syndromes are a result of direct neurotoxic effects and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Birth Weight, Child Health, Cocaine
