a survey of physicians knowledge regarding awareness of maternal alcohol use and the diagnosis of fas.医生的知识关于意识的调查孕产妇使用酒精和fas的诊断。.pdfVIP

BMC Family Practice BioMed Central BMC Family Practice 3 2002, Research article A survey of physicians knowledge regarding awareness of maternal alcohol use and the diagnosis of FAS. 1 2 2 Alexandra C Nevin , Parshuram Christopher , Irena Nulman , 2 2 Gideon Koren and Adrienne Einarson* 1 2 Address: The University of Toronto Medical School and The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto E-mail: Alexandra C Nevin - Nevin@utoronto.ca; Parshuram Christopher - c.parshuram@sickkids.ca; Irena Nulman - inulman@sickkids.ca; Gideon Koren - gkoren@sickkids.ca; Adrienne Einarson* - einarson@sickkids.ca *Corresponding author Published: 8 February 2002 Received: 21 November 2001 Accepted: 8 February 2002 BMC Family Practice 2002, 3:2 This article is available from: /1471-2296/3/2 © 2002 Nevin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in any medium for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. Abstract Background: Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world that is a human teratogen whose use among women of childbearing age has been steadily increasing. It is also probable that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is under diagnosed by physicians. The objectives of this study were twofold: 1) to evaluate the experience, knowledge and confidence of family phys