See Also: Balance of payments (BOP)(finance)
balance of payments(dictionary)
balance of payments(encyclopedia)
Balance of payments(money)
Balance of Payments(money)
foetal medicine(medicine)
syndrome, foetal alcohol(medicine)
foetal alcohol effects(medicine)
foetal alcohol syndrome(medicine)
baby, foetal alcohol syndrome(medicine)

foetal alcohol syndrome (medicine) and Balance of payments (BOP) (finance)


foetal alcohol syndrome (medicine)


foetal alcohol syndrome
<syndrome> The most common cause of defective cerebral development in industrialised nations, affecting 1 in 700 live births in the United States. This clinical syndrome results from the direct toxic effects of alcohol on the developing foetus. Growth retardation, mental retardation, small brain and heart valve lesions are common. Infants can be identified by close set eyes, small head, small nasal bridge, reduction in the vermilion border of the upper lip, eye folds and small teeth.


Balance of payments (BOP) (finance)


A statistical compilation formulated by a sovereign nation of all economic transactions between residents of that nation and residents of all Other nations during a stipulated period of time, usually a calendar year.