Obesity and cannabis use: Results from 2 representative national surveys

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 929-933

  Le Strat, Yann ^a,b,c,d   Le Foll, Bernard ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

appetite; body mass index; body weight; cannabis; obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERB; LIPID; MEDICINAL PLANT; OBESITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SURVEY; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION; NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY ON ALCOHOL AND RELATED CONDITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPETITE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80054070168     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr200     Document Type: Review

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