Ask the editor: Is exposure to alcohol during pregnancy a risk factor for autism?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-

  Fombone, Eric ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0345258427     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015466100838     Document Type: Editorial

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