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Does light drinking during pregnancy improve pregnancy outcome? A critical commentary.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19029541     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A recent study published from the University College London suggests that children of women who were light drinkers during pregnancy demonstrate better cognitive outcome at three years of age when compared to children of abstinent women based on data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Unfortunately, methodological pitfalls and limited external validity of the results presented make conclusions very tenuous. This paper was widely quoted by the media, sometimes concluding that drinking is beneficial. At the present state of knowledge, the poor quality of this study may cause more damage than benefit, as demonstrated by the media response.
Authors:
Violette Gijsen; Netta Fulga; Facundo Garcia-Bournissen; Gideon Koren
Publication Detail:
Type:  Editorial     Date:  2008-11-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Canadian journal of clinical pharmacology = Journal canadien de pharmacologie clinique     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1710-6222     ISO Abbreviation:  Can J Clin Pharmacol     Publication Date:  2008  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-11-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9804162     Medline TA:  Can J Clin Pharmacol     Country:  Canada    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  e782-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
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