Alcohol consumption during pregnancy and its effects on neurodevelopment: What is known and what remains uncertain

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1270-1273

  Gray, Ron ^a   Mukherjee, Raja A S ^b   Rutter, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Child; Epidemiology; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD); Natural experiments; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 67650407443     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02441.x     Document Type: Review

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