Cannabis use and mental health problems

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1137-1156

  Van Ours, Jan C ^a,b,c   Williams, Jenny ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054982512     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1182     Document Type: Article

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