Cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities in Australia: Endemic yet neglected

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 228-229

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 63049089187     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02379.x     Document Type: Editorial

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