Commentary: On W.C. Sullivan and his '[N]ote on the influence of maternal inebriety on the offspring'

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-289

  Karp, Robert J ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABANDONED MINE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREGNANCY;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; DRUNKENNESS; EPILEPSY; FETUS OUTCOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL ALCOHOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ALCOHOLISM; EUGENICS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79953674201     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr004     Document Type: Article

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