Health professionals' knowledge, practice and opinions about fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol consumption in pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 558-564

  Payne, Jan ^a   Elliott, Elizabeth ^b,c,d   D'Antoine, Heather ^a   O'Leary, Colleen ^a   Mahony, Anne ^a   Haan, Eric ^e,f   Bower, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit   (Australia)

^e WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 28944435216     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00251.x     Document Type: Article

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