Cannabis use and dependence among Australian adults: Results from the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Addiction

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 737-748

  Swift, Wendy ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035016425     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.9657379.x     Document Type: Article

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