Cannabis and the brain

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-183

  Castle, David J ^a   Ames, Frances R ^b  

^a Mills Street Clinical Research Unit ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

BRAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PSYCHOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029957386     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609076093     Document Type: Short Survey

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