Cost of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Popova, Svetlana ^a,b,c   Lange, Shannon ^a,b   Burd, Larry ^d   Chudley, Albert E ^e   Clarren, Sterling K ^f,g,h   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,i  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING;

CANADA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84875951062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060434     Document Type: Article

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