Fetal alcohol syndrome: dashed hopes, damaged lives
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 89(6): 398-399
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1564-0604 PMID: 21673854 DOI: 10.2471/blt.11.020611Document Number: 222907
Since the term was coined about 40 years ago, fetal alcohol syndrome has slowly become recognized as a public health issue. Alicestine October reports from South Africa's Western Cape province, which has the highest reported rate in the world.