Fetal alcohol exposure and IQ at age 8: evidence from a population-based birth-cohort study.

Observational studies have generated conflicting evidence on the effects of moderate maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy on offspring cognition mainly reflecting problems of confounding. Among mothers who drink during pregnancy fetal alcohol exposure is influenced not only by mother's...

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Main Authors: Sarah J Lewis, Luisa Zuccolo, George Davey Smith, John Macleod, Santiago Rodriguez, Elizabeth S Draper, Margaret Barrow, Rosa Alati, Kapil Sayal, Susan Ring, Jean Golding, Ron Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498109?pdf=render