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M A Plant

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PubMed1988

Maternal use of alcohol and other drugs during pregnancy and birth abnormalities: further results from a prospective study.

This paper presents an extended analysis of data produced during a prospective study of the possible association between maternal alcohol use during pregnancy and fetal harm. This new analysis examines the possible links between not only maternal alcohol consumption, but also the use of tobacco, prescribed and illicit drugs and birth abnormalities. There was no general association between birth abnormalities and maternal psychoactive drug use and misuse. Even so, women who neither smoked nor consumed alcohol during the first trimester produced offspring with significantly fewer birth abnormalities than did those who drank heavily and smoked cigarettes.

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced↗
PubMed1987

Family alcohol problems among pregnant women: links with maternal substance use and birth abnormalities.

Between 1980 and 1983 a prospective study of 1008 pregnant women was conducted in South East Scotland, to investigate whether or not maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy was associated with birth abnormalities. The initial results indicated that maternal drinking was associated with such abnormalities, but that alcohol appeared to play a relatively minor role in causing such harm. An extended analysis was conducted to investigate possible links between the maternal use of alcohol, tobacco, prescribed and illegal drugs, birth abnormalities and family alcohol problems amongst pregnant women. Women who had experienced alcohol problems were significantly more likely than other women to have used illegal drugs but were not distinctive in relation to the number of birth abnormalities evident amongst their offspring. In addition females whose spouses/partners or parents had experienced alcohol problems did not produce more damaged babies than those with no such family alcohol problems. Curiously, women whose fathers had been problem drinkers produced offspring with fewer birth abnormalities than did other women.

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced↗
PubMed1986

Unemployment and illegal drug use: concordant evidence from a prospective study and national trends.

Data from a previous study of 1036 young people in the Lothian region that indicated an association between unemployment and illegal drug use were examined in more depth to investigate the inter-relation between duration of unemployment and the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. After factors such as social class background and educational qualifications had been taken into account a weak but significant association was found between duration of unemployment and illegal drug use. No such association was found for alcohol or tobacco. Similar results were obtained from an analysis of national statistics related to unemployment and illegal drug use. Both sets of data thus indicate that illegal drug use is moderately associated with unemployment.

Cannabis↗
PubMed1986

Scotland's liquor licensing changes: an assessment.

The impact of the changes in Scotland's liquor licensing laws was assessed by comparing trends in alcohol related problems in Scotland with those in England and Wales. The study showed no appreciable effect on the level of alcohol related morbidity and mortality, though some improvements were noted in relation to the rates of convictions for drunkenness. The changes introduced since 1976 appeared to be popular and there was widespread perception that public drunkenness had become less common-place.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1984

Regional variations in British alcohol morbidity rates: a myth uncovered? I: Clinical surveys.

Officially recorded rates of many alcohol related problems are much higher in the north than in the south of Britain. To try to shed some light on this the pattern and threshold for use of psychiatric and medical hospital services for alcohol dependence, abuse, and psychosis were studied in three areas differing greatly in official rates of alcohol related problems--namely, the Highland and Tayside regions in Scotland and part of the South East Thames region in England. The disparity in psychiatric admissions for alcohol dependence, abuse, and psychosis were found to be largely explained by admission policies which reflected geographical factors. The results of this study did not support the conventional view that rates of treated morbidity due to alcohol are appreciably higher in the north.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1984

Regional variations in British alcohol morbidity rates: a myth uncovered? II: population surveys.

Regional variations in officially recorded rates of alcohol related morbidity in Britain were investigated by surveying community drinking habits of a randomly selected sample of adults in the Highlands, Tayside, and part of the South East Thames region. Contrary to expectations, patterns of alcohol consumption did not differ in a manner consistent with the much higher rates of alcohol related problems recorded in the north.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Occupation and alcoholism: cause or effect? A controlled study of recruits to the drink trade.

Some occupations have higher alcoholism rates than others. It is unknown whether "high risk" occupations attract problem drinkers or create them through job pressures. One hundred and fifty male manual recruits to Scottish breweries and distilleries were interviewed and compared with similar men in lower risk jobs. The alcohol producers reported poorer employment records and were significantly heavier drinkers than the controls. The alcohol producers were also more likely than the controls to have drunk more since recruitment. These results suggest that the drink trade attracts a disproportionate number of people likely to develop alcohol-related problems and indicates that drinking habits may be strongly influenced by work environment.

Adult↗