The burden of prenatal exposure to alcohol: REVISED measurement of cost

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Stade, Brenda ^a   Ali, Alaa ^b   Bennett, Daniel ^a   Campbell, Douglas ^a   Johnston, Mary ^c   Lens, Cynthia ^a   Tran, Sofia ^a   Koren, Gideon ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cost; Economic burden; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549108783     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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