A survey of Italian and Spanish neonatologists and paediatricians regarding awareness of the diagnosis of FAS and FASD and maternal ethanol use during pregnancy

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vagnarelli, F ^a   Palmi, I ^b   Garcia Algar O ^c   Falcon, M ^d   Memo, L ^e   Tarani, L ^f   Spoletini, R ^b   Pacifici, R ^b   Mortali, C ^b   Pierantozzi, A ^g   Pichini, S ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^g ARS Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; NEONATOLOGY; PEDIATRICIAN; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEONATOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 79957917503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-51     Document Type: Article

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