Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 603-610 , November 2008

Increased mortality among women who drank alcohol during pregnancy

  • John Peder Berg

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Department of Psychology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
    • ,
  • Mary Ellen Lynch

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
    • ,
  • Claire D. Coles

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 1256 Briarcliff Road, Suite 321 West, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA. Tel: +1-404-712-9814; fax: +1-404-712-9809.

Received 29 January 2008 ,Revised 30 May 2008 ,Accepted 2 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.06.004

Alcohol
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