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Fetal Alcohol Abuse Syndrome
Ernest L. Abel
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Description for Fetal Alcohol Abuse Syndrome
Hardback. Demonstrates how alcohol abuse during pregnancy can result in spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and preterm birth. This work examines other dysfunctions associated with alcohol abuse, such as - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - cerebral palsy - sleep disorders - motor dysfunction - mental retardation - and autism. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MJTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
My initial purpose in writing this book was to offer readers an update of my book Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects (Plenum, 1984), which con tained a broad overview of the history (actually the absence of any history) ofthe awareness of alcohol's teratogenic potential; a review of alcohol's pharmacology, especially with respect to pregnancy; a survey of the physical and behavioral effects of prenatal alcohol exposure; and an overview of the mechanisms sus pected of being responsible for those effects. I have omitted most of the previously examined historical and pharmacologi cal information because not much of what ... Read more
My initial purpose in writing this book was to offer readers an update of my book Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects (Plenum, 1984), which con tained a broad overview of the history (actually the absence of any history) ofthe awareness of alcohol's teratogenic potential; a review of alcohol's pharmacology, especially with respect to pregnancy; a survey of the physical and behavioral effects of prenatal alcohol exposure; and an overview of the mechanisms sus pected of being responsible for those effects. I have omitted most of the previously examined historical and pharmacologi cal information because not much of what ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306456664
SKU
V9780306456664
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99-15
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