Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on birth weight in rats: Is there an inverted U-shaped function?

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Abel, Ernest L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Low dose; Prenatal alcohol; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; WEANING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030028040     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02020-9     Document Type: Article

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