Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 106-113 , April 2007

Neuropharmacology of drugs and alcohol in mother and fetus

  • Irina Pollard

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PII: S1744-165X(06)00111-9

doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2006.12.001

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 106-113 , April 2007

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