Psychologists' knowledge and attitudes about fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and alcohol use during pregnancy

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-213

  Wedding, Danny ^a   Kohout, Jessica ^b   Mengel, Mark B ^c   Ohlemiller, Melinda ^d   Ulione, Margaret ^c   Cook, Keely ^c   Rudeen, Kevin ^e   Braddock, Stephen ^e  

^a MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d St Louis Arc ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Knowledge level; Pregnancy; Psychologist attitudes; Psychologists; Teratogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248370242     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.2.208     Document Type: Article

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