Prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome and maternal characteristics in a sample of schoolchildren from a rural province of Croatia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1547-1561

  Petković, Giorgie ^a   Barišić, Ingeborg ^b  

^a SREBRNJAK CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; FAS; Prevalence; Rural; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FACIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 84876815351     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10041547     Document Type: Article

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