Maternal Factors Predicting Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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Authors

Philip A. May · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Barbara G. Tabachnick · California State University, Northridge

J. Phillip Gossage

Wendy O. Kalberg

Anna‐Susan Marais · Stellenbosch University

Luther K. Robinson · University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Melanie A. Manning · Stanford University

Jason Blankenship

Abstract

Although other analytic techniques have amply demonstrated the negative effects of maternal drinking on intelligence and behavior, this highly controlled analysis of multiple maternal influences reveals that maternal demographics and physical traits make a significant enabling or disabling contribution to child functioning in FASD.

Topics & Keywords

Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Birth, Development, and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

Volume 34, Issue 5, pp. 314-325

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0b013e3182905587

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