Cannabis or alcohol first? Differences by ethnicity and in risk for rapid progression to cannabis-related problems in women

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 813-823

  Sartor, C E ^a,b   Agrawal, A ^b   Lynskey, M T ^b   Duncan, A E ^c   Grant, J D ^b   Nelson, E C ^b   Madden, P A F ^b   Heath, A C ^b   Bucholz, K K ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; cannabis; Key words African Americans; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874888988     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001493     Document Type: Article

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