title: Fetal alcohol syndrome: dashed hopes, damaged lives.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D011247:Pregnancy; D011634:Public Health; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology