Alcohol use during pregnancy: Prevalence and impact

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 455-460

  Bhuvaneswar, Chaya G ^a,b   Chang, Grace ^c,d   Epstein, Lucy A ^e,f   Stern, Theodore A ^d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HMS   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Columbia Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 37249041910     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.v09n0608     Document Type: Note

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