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Alcohol consumption and binge drinking in early pregnancy. A cross-sectional study with data from the Copenhagen Pregnancy Cohort.

Iversen, Mette Langeland ; Sørensen, Nina Olsén ; Broberg, Lotte ; Damm, Peter ; Hedegaard, Morten ; Tabor, Ann and Hegaard, Hanne Kristine LU (2015) In BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 15.
Abstract
Since 2007 the Danish Health and Medicines Authority has advised total alcohol abstinence from the time of trying to conceive and throughout pregnancy. The prevalence of binge drinking among pregnant Danish women has nevertheless been reported to be up to 48 % during early pregnancy. Since the introduction of the recommendation of total abstinence, no studies have examined pre-pregnancy lifestyle and reproductive risk factors associated with this behaviour in a Danish context. The aims of this study were therefore to describe the prevalence of weekly alcohol consumption and binge drinking in early pregnancy among women living in the capital of Denmark. Secondly to identify pre-pregnancy lifestyle and reproductive risk factors associated... (More)
Since 2007 the Danish Health and Medicines Authority has advised total alcohol abstinence from the time of trying to conceive and throughout pregnancy. The prevalence of binge drinking among pregnant Danish women has nevertheless been reported to be up to 48 % during early pregnancy. Since the introduction of the recommendation of total abstinence, no studies have examined pre-pregnancy lifestyle and reproductive risk factors associated with this behaviour in a Danish context. The aims of this study were therefore to describe the prevalence of weekly alcohol consumption and binge drinking in early pregnancy among women living in the capital of Denmark. Secondly to identify pre-pregnancy lifestyle and reproductive risk factors associated with binge drinking during early pregnancy. (Less)
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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15
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327
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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1471-2393
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10.1186/s12884-015-0757-z
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Promoting early childhood health; supporting parents, vulnerable children and challenged families
Children with cancer
LUC3 - Lund University Child Centered Care
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English
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  author       = {{Iversen, Mette Langeland and Sørensen, Nina Olsén and Broberg, Lotte and Damm, Peter and Hedegaard, Morten and Tabor, Ann and Hegaard, Hanne Kristine}},
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  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth}},
  title        = {{Alcohol consumption and binge drinking in early pregnancy. A cross-sectional study with data from the Copenhagen Pregnancy Cohort.}},
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  doi          = {{10.1186/s12884-015-0757-z}},
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