Knowledge of FAS and the Risks of Heavy Drinking During Pregnancy, 1985 and 1990

Mary C Dufour1, Gerald D Williams1, Karen E Campbell1

  • 1Mary C. Dufour, M.D., M.P.H., is deputy director of the Division of Biometry and Epidemiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Rockville, Maryland. Gerald D. Williams, D.Ed., is a senior associate at CSR, Incorported, and a subcontract manager on NIAAA's Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS), which is operated by Cygnus Corporation, Washington, DC. Karen E. Campbell, M.S., is a research analyst at CSR, Incorporated, Washington, DC, and is assigned to the AEDS subcontract. Sherrie S. Aitken, Ph.D., is project monitor of the AEDS subcontract and president of CSR, Incorporated, Washington, DC.

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