Observations from the CDC. Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies among women of childbearing age: The necessity of a preconceptional approach

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 733-736

  Floyd, R Louise ^a,b   Ebrahim, Shahul H ^a   Boyle, Coleen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032843007     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460999319048     Document Type: Short Survey

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