tailieunhanh - Marijuana Effects on the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems

Young women exposed to pregnancy experience greater likelihood of childbirth- related morbidity and mortality, with some countries experiencing mortality rates among women aged 15 - 19 that are as high as twice that of women in their 20s or 30s (WHO, 1989). Physiological under-development increases the likelihood of prolonged or obstructed labor, which may lead to ruptured uterus and death for the mother or fetus (Network, 1994). Negative pregnancy outcomes also result in part from poor prenatal health behavior among young adults, particularly teenage schoolgirls. In a study of longitudinal data from the Sahelian cities of Bamako and Bobo-Dioulasso, researchers found that teenage schoolgirls are significantly less likely to seek prenatal. | National Institute on . DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration Marijuana Effects on the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems Editors Monique C. Braude . Jacqueline P. Ludford . National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA Research Monograph 44 A RAUS Review Report DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration National Institute on Drug Abuse 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville Maryland 20857 NIDA Research Monographs are prepared by the research divisions of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published by its Office of Science. The primary objective of the scenes is to provide critical reviews of research problem areas and techniques. the content of state of-the-art conferences Integrative research reviews and signifigant original research Its dual publication emphasis IS rapid and targeted dissemination to the scientific and professional community Editorial Advisory Board Avram Goldstein . Addiction Research Foundation Palo Alto. Colifornia Jerome Jaffe . University of Connecticut School of Medicine Formington Connecticut Reese T. Jones . Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric lnstitute University of California San Francisco California Jack Mendelson . Alcohol once Drug Abuse Research Center Harvard Medical School McLeon Hospital Belmont Massachusetts Helen Nowlis . Rochester. New York Lee Robins . Washington University School of Medicine St Louis Missouri NIDA Research Monograph Series William Pollin . DIRECTOR NIDA Jack Durell . ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OFFICE OF SCIENCE NIDA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Eleanor W. Waldrop MANAGING EDITOR Parklawn Building 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville Maryland .