Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

It sounds simple: Women who drink while pregnant may give birth to children with defects, so women should not drink during pregnancy. Yet in the 20 years since it was first described in the medical literature, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) has proved to be a stubborn problem, with consequences as serious as those of the more widely publicized "crack babies."

This volume discusses FAS and other possibly alcohol-related effects from two broad...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309052920
• ISBN13: 9780309052924
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"