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Paul D Connor1, Ann P Streissguth1

  • 1Paul D. Connor, Ph.D., is a senior fellow and Ann P. Streissguth, Ph.D., is a professor at the Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Alcohol Health and Research World
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Keywords:
attentionbrain damagecognitive processcongenital anomalydiagnostic criteriafetal alcohol effectsfetal alcohol syndromeintelligence and abilitymemorymotor coordinationneurodevelopmental anomalyprenatal alcohol exposureproblem solvingtreatment

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