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- Title
Alcohol and Pregnancy: New Risk.
- Authors
Hollander, Dore
- Abstract
The article focuses on the risk of infant leukemia among children of women who drink while pregnant. According to a study published in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute," alcohol consumption by pregnant women increases the risk of leukemia among infants. The results of the study were based on interviews with mothers of 302 infants. Infants whose mothers drank during pregnancy were 1.6 times more prone to develop leukemia, especially acute myeloid leukemia, as compared to those whose mothers did not consume alcohol. The highest risk of infant leukemia was found to be during the second or third trimester. It was found that the risk of acute lymphoid leukemia was not related to the type or amount of alcohol consumed.
- Subjects
LEUKEMIA in children; INFANT diseases; ALCOHOL drinking; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT women; MYELOID leukemia; ACUTE leukemia; DRINKING behavior; LYMPHOCYTIC leukemia; CANCER risk factors
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1996, Vol 28, Issue 2, p42
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article