Marijuana and tobacco use among young adults in Canada: Are they smoking what we think they are smoking?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Leatherdale, Scott T ^a,b,c   Hammond, David G ^b   Kaiserman, Murray ^d   Ahmed, Rashid ^b  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Cannabis; Prevalence; Prevention; Public health; Tobacco; Youth

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33947206825     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-006-0103-x     Document Type: Article

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