Changes in cannabis use and its consequences over 3 years in a remote indigenous population in northern Australia

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 696-705

  Clough, Alan R ^a,b,f   Lee, Kim S Kylie ^a   Cairney, Sheree ^a   Maruff, Paul ^c   O'Reilly, Bridie ^a,b   D'Abbs, Peter ^d   Conigrave, Katherine M ^e  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Indigenous Australians; Petrol sniffing; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; GASOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRISON; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 33646004301     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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