Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An overview of current evidence and activities in the UK

Lisa Schölin; Raja A.S. Mukherjee; Neil Aiton; Carolyn Blackburn; Sarah Brown; Kate M. Flemming; Paul R. Gard; Helen Howlett; Moira Plant; Alan D. Price; Jennifer Shields; Lesley A. Smith; Michael Suttie; David C. Zammitt; Penny A. Cook

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-320435

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An overview of current evidence and activities in the UK

Lisa Schölin, Raja A.S. Mukherjee^*, Neil Aiton, Carolyn Blackburn, Sarah Brown, Kate M. Flemming, Paul R. Gard, Helen Howlett, Moira Plant, Alan D. Price, Jennifer Shields, Lesley A. Smith, Michael Suttie, David C. Zammitt, Penny A. Cook

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	636-640
Number of pages	5
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume	106
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320435
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 1 Jul 2021

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adolescent health
neonatology
syndrome

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Schölin, L., Mukherjee, R. A. S., Aiton, N., Blackburn, C., Brown, S., Flemming, K. M., Gard, P. R., Howlett, H., Plant, M., Price, A. D., Shields, J., Smith, L. A., Suttie, M., Zammitt, D. C., & Cook, P. A. (2021). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An overview of current evidence and activities in the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(7), 636-640. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320435

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