Fetal alcohol syndrome among children aged 7-9 years - Arizona, Colorado, and New York, 2010.
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a serious birth defect and developmental disorder caused by in utero exposure to alcohol. Assessment of the public health burden of FAS through surveillance has proven difficult; there is wide variation in reported prevalence depending on the study population and surv...
| Publicado en: | MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 54 - 58 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
1/30/2015
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