Abstract
Objective To investigate the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal growth and preterm birth and to estimate the effect of dose and timing of alcohol exposure in pregnancy.Design A population-based cohort study linked to birth information on the Western Australian Midwives Notification System.Setting Western Australia.Population A 10% random sample of births restricted to nonindigenous women who had delivered a singleton infant (n= 4719) in 1995–1997.Methods The impact of alcohol consumption in pregnancy on fetal growth (small-for-gestational-age [SGA] and large-for-gestational-age infants [LGA]) and preterm birth (
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 390-400 |
| Journal | BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |