Alcohol
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 83-86 , January 2000

The role of dietary fat in alcohol's prenatal effects

  • Ernest L Abel

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychology, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University, 275 E. Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 313-577-1068; Fax: 313-577-8554.(E.L. Abel)

Received 5 July 1999 ,Revised 27 July 1999 ,Accepted 30 July 1999.

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