Cannabis and suicide: Longitudinal study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 492-497

  Price, Ceri ^a   Hemmingsson, Tomas ^b   Lewis, Glyn ^c   Zammit, Stanley ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149117167     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.065227     Document Type: Article

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