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Monday, October 5, 2009

Alcohol Drinking Pattern During Pregnancy and Risk of Infant Mortality.
Epidemiology: POST AUTHOR CORRECTIONS, 29 September 2009

The safety of small amounts of alcohol drinking and occasional binge-level drinking during pregnancy remains unsettled. We examined the association of maternal average alcohol intake and binge drinking (>=5 drinks per sitting) with infant mortality, both in the neonatal and postneonatal period.

Among term infants, intake of at least 4 drinks of alcohol per week or binging on 3 or more occasions during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of infant mortality, especially during the postneonatal period.


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