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Effects of alcohol exposure on growth. Growth was reduced the most in children whose mothers continued to drink throughout pregnancy. Growth was not as affected in those whose mothers stopped drinking in the second trimester. These data suggest that exposure that continues throughout pregnancy produces fetal growth deficiencies that can be observed at birth.
SOURCE: Coles et al. 1991.
