Effect of cannabis use on cognitive functions and driving ability

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 395-399

  Kurzthaler, Ilse ^a   Hummer, Martina ^a   Miller, Carl ^a   Sperner Unterweger, Barbara ^a   Günther, Verena ^a   Wechdorn, Heinrich ^a   Battista, Hans Jürgen ^a   Fleischhacker, W Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032999357     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v60n0609     Document Type: Article

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