Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 605-608

  Lee, K S Kylie ^a,b   Clough, Alan R ^a   Jaragba, Muriel J ^c   Conigrave, Katherine M ^b,d   Patton, George C ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c Top End Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47049123854     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01803.x     Document Type: Article

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