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Comment
. 2020 Sep;115(9):1786-1787.
doi: 10.1111/add.15028. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Rooming-in and loss of child custody: key factors in maternal overdose risk

Lindsay Mackay  1 , Sarah Ickowicz  2 , Kanna Hayashi  3 , Ron Abrahams  4
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Rooming-in and loss of child custody: key factors in maternal overdose risk

Lindsay Mackay et al. Addiction. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Custody; maternal; neonatal abstinence syndrome; neonatal opioid withdrawal; opioid use disorder; overdose; perinatal addictions; postpartum; pregnancy; rooming-in.

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