B489 - Effects of prenatal alcohol consumption and alcohol metabolising genes on child growth and neurodevelopment - 19/04/2007

B number: 
B489
Principal applicant name: 
Dr Ron Gray (Universityof Oxford, UK)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Elizabeth Draper (University of Leicester, UK), Dr Sarah J Lewis (University of Bristol, UK), Prof Jean Golding (University of Bristol, UK)
Title of project: 
Effects of prenatal alcohol consumption and alcohol metabolising genes on child growth and neurodevelopment
Proposal summary: 

(a) Aims of the project

To determine whether there is a causal association between:

  1. low-to-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure
  2. binge drinking during pregnancy
  3. polymorphisms of the main alcohol metabolizing genes in mother and child

and birth weight, length at birth, head circumference at 8 months; growth at 7/8 years; and neurodevelopmental outcome through to age 11?

Date proposal received: 
Thursday, 19 April, 2007
Date proposal approved: 
Thursday, 19 April, 2007
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