FAS in Australia: Fact or fiction?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 8-10

  Elliott, E J ^a   Bower, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACE DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1542512108     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2003.00281.x     Document Type: Note

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