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

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 Lyons Jones, Melanie Manning and Mauro Ceccanti
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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

IJERPH, 2011, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-21

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

Keywords: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD); fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); epidemiology; prevalence; Italy; alcohol consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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