Prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Prenatal exposure to alcohol can damage the developing fetus and is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities. In 1973, fetal alcohol syndrome was first described as a specific cluster of birth defects resulting from alcohol exposure in utero. Subsequently, research unequivocally revealed that prenatal alcohol exposure causes a broad ran...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1940-5510,1940-5529
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.75