Maternal factors predicting cognitive and behavioral characteristics of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 314-325

  May, Philip A ^a,b   Tabachnick, Barbara G ^c   Phillip Gossage, J ^b   Kalberg, Wendy O ^b   Marais, Anna Susan ^d   Robinson, Luther K ^e   Manning, Melanie A ^f   Blankenship, Jason ^b   Buckley, David ^b   Eugene Hoyme, H ^g   Adnams, Colleen M ^h  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; fetal alcohol syndrome; maternal risk factors; nonverbal intelligence; partial fetal alcohol syndrome; problem behaviors in children; verbal intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879924351     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: 15367312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3182905587     Document Type: Article

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