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It has been generally accepted that alcohol in heavy doses produces birth defects. In July 1981, the Surgeon General of the United States issued an advisory on drinking during pregnancy: “Each patient should be told about the risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, and advised not to drink alcoholic beverages and to be aware of the alcoholic contents of foods and drugs.”1,2, 21, 22, 28
Baby’s brain is tired of thinking, On the Wherefore and the Whence, Baby’s precious eyes are blinking With incipient somnolence James Jeffrey Roche
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Miller, N.S., Gold, M.S. (1991). Fetal Effects of Maternal Alcohol Use. In: Alcohol. Drugs of Abuse a Comprehensive Series for Clinicians, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3550-2_16
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