Women, alcohol and the environment: An update and perspectives in neuroscience

Functional Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-81

  Mancinelli, Rosanna ^a   Vitali, Mario ^b   Ceccanti, Mauro ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Environment; Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); Neuroscience; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERATOGENICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSCIENCES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952175291     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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