Alcoholism in women: More common—and serious—than you might think

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-233

  North, Carol S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 10244221170     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.10.103     Document Type: Article

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