Prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of FASD from various research methods with an emphasis on recent in‐school studies

PA May, JP Gossage, WO Kalberg… - Developmental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Researching the epidemiology and estimating the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome
(FAS) and other fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) for mainstream populations …

Less drinking, yet more problems: understanding African American drinking and related problems.

TCB Zapolski, SL Pedersen, DM McCarthy… - Psychological …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Researchers have found that, compared to European Americans, African Americans report
later initiation of drinking, lower rates of use, and lower levels of use across almost all age …

Prevalence and characteristics of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

PA May, A Baete, J Russo, AJ Elliott, J Blankenship… - …, 2014 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASD) among first grade students (6-to 7-year-olds) in a representative …

Under‐reporting of alcohol consumption in household surveys: a comparison of quantity–frequency, graduated–frequency and recent recall

T Stockwell, S Donath, M Cooper‐Stanbury… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare alternative survey methods for estimating (a) levels of at risk alcohol
consumption and (b) total volume of alcohol consumed per capita in comparison with …

Maternal alcohol consumption producing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): quantity, frequency, and timing of drinking

PA May, J Blankenship, AS Marais, JP Gossage… - Drug and alcohol …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Concise, accurate measures of maternal prenatal alcohol use are needed to
better understand fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Methods Measures of drinking …

Approaching the Prevalence of the Full Spectrum of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in a S outh A frican Population‐Based Study

PA May, J Blankenship, AS Marais… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background The prevalence and characteristics of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
were determined in this fourth study of first‐grade children in a S outh A frican community …

[HTML][HTML] Methodological issues in measuring alcohol use

DA Dawson - Alcohol research & health, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Various methodological issues influence the measurement of alcohol consumption in
surveys. One factor is the reference period for which questions are asked—that is, whether …

Alcohol measurement methodology in epidemiology: recent advances and opportunities

TK Greenfield, WC Kerr - Addiction, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To review and discuss measurement issues in survey assessment of alcohol
consumption for epidemiological studies. Methods The following areas are considered …

Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease

S Mandayam, MM Jamal… - Seminars in liver …, 2004 - thieme-connect.com
Alcohol is one of the main causes of end-stage liver disease worldwide, and alcoholic liver
disease is the second most common reason for liver transplantation in the United States …

Measuring alcohol consumption

G Gmel, J Rehm - contemporary drug problems, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
This article is an overview of different approaches to measuring alcohol consumption: self-
reports and objective measures such as blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and aggregate …