Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Genetic and Environmental Factors

Current Developmental Disorders Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-188

  O’Connor, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM 5 diagnosis; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Mental health; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Psychiatric illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947205936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-014-0021-7     Document Type: Review

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