Epidemiology of FASD in a province in Italy: Prevalence and characteristics of children in a random sample of schools

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1562-1575

  May, Philip A ^a   Fiorentino, Daniela ^b   Phillip Gossage, J ^a   Kalberg, Wendy O ^a   Eugene Hoyme, H ^c   Robinson, Luther K ^d   Coriale, Giovanna ^b   Jones, Kenneth Lyons ^e   Del Campo, Miguel ^d   Tarani, Luigi ^b   Romeo, Marina ^b   Kodituwakku, Piyadasa W ^a   Deiana, Luca ^b   Buckley, David ^a   Ceccanti, Mauro ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FAD); Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); Italy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FACIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DISEASE; GROWTH; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILTRUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERATOLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; ITALY; MALE; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33747689857     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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