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Prevalence of Children with Severe Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Communities Near Rome, Italy: New Estimated Rates Are Higher than Previous Estimates

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  • Philip A. May

    (Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), The University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA)

  • Daniela Fiorentino

    (The University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Rome 00186, Italy)

  • Giovanna Coriale

    (The University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Rome 00186, Italy)

  • Wendy O. Kalberg

    (Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), The University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA)

  • H. Eugene Hoyme

    (Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA)

  • Alfredo S. Aragón

    (Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), The University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA)

  • David Buckley

    (Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), The University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA)

  • Chandra Stellavato

    (Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), The University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA)

  • J. Phillip Gossage

    (Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), The University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA)

  • Luther K. Robinson

    (School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 10138, USA)

  • Kenneth Lyons Jones

    (School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA 94109, USA)

  • Melanie Manning

    (Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94109, USA)

  • Mauro Ceccanti

    (The University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Rome 00186, Italy)

Abstract

Objective : To determine the population-based epidemiology of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and other fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in towns representative of the general population of central Italy. Methods : Slightly revised U.S. Institute of Medicine diagnostic methods were used among children in randomly-selected schools near Rome. Consented first grade children (n = 976) were screened in Tier I for height, weight, or head circumference and all children

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  • Philip A. May & Daniela Fiorentino & Giovanna Coriale & Wendy O. Kalberg & H. Eugene Hoyme & Alfredo S. Aragón & David Buckley & Chandra Stellavato & J. Phillip Gossage & Luther K. Robinson & Kenneth , 2011. "Prevalence of Children with Severe Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Communities Near Rome, Italy: New Estimated Rates Are Higher than Previous Estimates," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(6), pages 1-21, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:8:y:2011:i:6:p:2331-2351:d:12869
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    1. Giorgie Petković & Ingeborg Barišić, 2013. "Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Maternal Characteristics in a Sample of Schoolchildren from a Rural Province of Croatia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-15, April.

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