[Knowledge of adolescents about the fetal alcohol syndrome].

The level of knowledge of the risks of drinking during pregnancy in 175, 17-18 years olds from kibbutzim in the eastern Upper Galilee was studied in January 1996. This population had the highest rate of involvement with alcohol in Israel and had been involved in alcohol education activities in previous years. About 53.71% of the sample believed that heavy drinking increases the risk of birth defects, but only 20.57% could correctly describe the fetal alcohol syndrome.