Cannabis dependence in the San Francisco Family Study: Age of onset of use, DSM-IV symptoms, withdrawal, and heritability

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-110

  Ehlers, Cindy L ^b   Gizer, Ian R ^a   Vieten, Cassandra ^c   Gilder, David A ^b   Stouffer, Gina M ^b   Lau, Philip ^b   Wilhelmsen, Kirk C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Cannabis dependence; Cannabis withdrawal; Gender; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRACTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUSNESS; ONSET AGE; PARANOIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350761668     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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