Patterns and correlates of cannabis dependence among long-term users in an Australian rural area

Addiction

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1149-1160

  Swift, Wendy ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a   Didcott, Peter ^b   Reilly, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Northern Rivers Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031821367     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.93811493.x     Document Type: Article

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