Combined effects of acute, very-low-dose ethanol and delta(9)- tetrahydrocannabinol in healthy human volunteers

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-631

  Ballard, Michael E ^a   De Wit, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabinoid; Cognition; Humans; Subjective; THC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRONABINOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REACTION TIME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; REFERENCE VALUES; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

CANNABIS;

EID: 78650625699     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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