Comparing cannabis with tobacco–again

BMJ

Volumn 327, Issue 7416, 2003, Pages 635-636

  Sidney, Stephen ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0141677666     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7416.635     Document Type: Editorial

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