Should women abstain from alcohol throughout pregnancy?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mather, Mary ^a   Wiles, Kate ^b   O'Brien, Patrick ^c  

^a King's College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONSENSUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84947239942     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5232     Document Type: Article

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