Low-to-moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy and child development - Moving beyond observational studies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1039-1041

  Gray, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINGE DRINKING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING;

EID: 84880141675     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12211     Document Type: Note

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