Validity of the T-ACE in pregnancy in predicting child outcome and risk drinking

Alcohol

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 595-603

  Chiodo, Lisa M ^a   Sokol, Robert J ^b,c   Delaney Black, Virginia ^b   Janisse, James ^b   Hannigan, John H ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use screens; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Pregnancy; T ACE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77956598996     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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