Cognitive correlates of long-term cannabis use in Costa Rican men

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1051-1057

  Fletcher, Jack M ^a,b   Page, J Bryan ^c   Francis, David J ^d   Copeland, Kimberly ^d   Naus, Mary J ^d   Davis, Chester M ^b   Morris, Robin ^e   Krauskopf, Dina ^f   Satz, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029844365     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830110089011     Document Type: Article

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