Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Maternal Characteristics in a Sample of Schoolchildren from a Rural Province of Croatia

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a congenital syndrome caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and is entirely preventable by abstinence from alcohol drinking during this time. Little is known about the prevalence of FAS and maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Western cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ingeborg Barišić, Giorgie Petković
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
FAS
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/4/1547