A Review of Social Skills Deficits in Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Profiles, Mechanisms, and Interventions

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Kully Martens, Katrina ^a   Denys, Kennedy ^a   Treit, Sarah ^a   Tamana, Sukhpreet ^a   Rasmussen, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Social Skills

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FACE MALFORMATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESPAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 84859210663     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01661.x     Document Type: Review

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