Streissguth and colleagues found that mothers’ consumption of an average of one ounce of alcohol per day during pregnancy was associated with
a. high rates of smoking as well.
b. a seven point decline in the child’s IQ score at seven years of age.
c. no effects in the child – one ounce of alcohol per day is a safe level of consumption.
d. temporary effects on child cognitive development that were gone by age 7 years.
Answer: b. a seven point decline in the child’s IQ score at seven years of age.
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