Commentary: What might have been: Sullivan may have impacted modern prenatal alcohol research under different circumstances

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-285

  Sanders, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DRUNKENNESS; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79953676011     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr003     Document Type: Note

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