Fetal alcohol syndrome prevention in South Africa and other low-resource countries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1099-1101

  Rosenthal, Jorge ^a   Christianson, Arnold ^b   Cordera, Jose ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 21144447677     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.057372     Document Type: Editorial

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