Impacts of alcohol use in pregnancy: The role of the GP

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 935-939

  Peadon, Elizabeth ^a,b   O'Leary, Colleen ^c   Bower, Carol ^c   Elliott, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 38449094548     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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