Maternal drinking and the outcome of pregnancy

Research since identification in 1973 of the fetal alcohol syndrome indicates that offspring of alcoholic women who drink heavily during pregnancy are at high risk for physical and mental deficiencies, and that even "social drinking" during pregnancy may have detrimental effects on birthweight and behavior of infants. While further research and remediation efforts are needed, primary prevention and active intervention in counseling and obstetrical clinics seem clearly and urgently called for

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Environmental health · Fetal alcohol syndrome · Intervention (counseling) · Mental health · Offspring · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology

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• Epidemiology of fetal alcohol syndrome among American Indians of the southwest

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• Precursors of lethal violence

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• Recognition of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Early Infancy

  Open Access•KennethL Jones, DavidW Smith•The Lancet•1973

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• Pattern of Malformation in Offspring of Chronic Alcoholic Mothers

  Open Access•KennethL Jones, DavidW Smith et al.•The Lancet•1973

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