Prenatal alcohol exposure in the Republic of the Congo: Prevalence and screening strategies

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 489-496

  Williams, Andrew D ^a   Nkombo, Yannick ^b   Nkodia, Gery ^b   Leonardson, Gary ^c   Burd, Larry ^a  

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

^b Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders ^*  (Congo)

^c Mountain Plains Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Congo; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Prenatal; Screening; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONGO; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

ALCOHOL; CONGO; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; PRENATAL; SCREENING; WOMEN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONGO; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84880701171     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23127     Document Type: Article

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