Context Little is known about the contribution of fetal alcohol exposure to the development of
alcohol disorders in early adulthood. Objective To examine the independent effect of
maternal alcohol use during early vs late periods in pregnancy on the time of onset of
alcohol disorders in offspring. Design Follow-up study of the Mater–University of
Queensland Study of Pregnancy and Its Outcomes (MUSP), a population-based birth cohort
study commenced in Brisbane, Australia, in 1981 and designed to examine the association …