Assessing problematic cannabis use

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-458

  Thake, Jennifer ^a,b   Davis, Christopher G ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

Author keywords

cannabis; problematic use; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051976660     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2010.545154     Document Type: Article

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