The impact of cannabis use on health

Economist

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-546

  Williams, Jenny ^a   Skeels, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cigarettes; Productivity; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR MARKET;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CANNABIS;

EID: 33845330560     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-006-9028-8     Document Type: Article

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