National guidelines on alcohol use during pregnancy: A dissenting opinion

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-37

  Whitehall, John S ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD SAFETY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33846268754     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00786.x     Document Type: Article

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