U.S. Latinas At Risk for Drinking During Pregnancy

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Posted on: November 22nd, 2005
Filed Under: [ Health ] [ Hispanic News ]

“Conventional wisdom has long suggested that low-income Hispanic women are less likely to drink during pregnancy than U.S. women from other backgrounds. But a new study finds that’s not the case.

The University of California, San Diego study found that these women drank similar amounts of alcohol in the three months before they know they’re pregnant (the periconceptional period) as women in other racial/ethnic groups.”

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