Meconium samples are collected anonymously from newborns in Helsinki University Hospital maternity ward. The study tries to to find how many women continue to use alcohol during the second half of the pregnancy. Meconium samples are tested for ethylglucuronide (EtG), a metabolite of ethanol, that accumulates in the meconium. Altogether 1000 samples are taken. The sample results are compared to anonymously answered questionnaire about alcohol use.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,000
EtG
The meconium samples from newborns are tested for ethyl glucuronide using LC-MS/MS mass spectrometry.
Time frame: Once
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