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The challenges and pitfalls of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevalence studies. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research May, P. A., Hasken, J. M., Manning, M. A., Hoyme, H. E. 2021

Abstract

The experienced team of researchers, McCarthy, Mukerjee, Fleming, Green, Clayton-Smith, Price, Allely, and Cook describe a well-designed and thoughtful study of the "Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in Greater Manchester, UK." This paper is a contribution to the field, for it represents one of a handful of active case ascertainment (ACA) studies of FASD carried out among school children in Europe. McCarthy et al. report a minimal prevalence of FASD of 1.8% and an estimated rate of 3.4% if probable cases are included.

View details for DOI 10.1111/acer.14735

View details for PubMedID 34726795