Primary Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Prepared by David R. Offord, MD, FRCPC,  Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University, and Deborah L. Craig, MPH, Health Care Consultant, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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