Correlations between cannabis use and IQ change in the Dunedin cohort are consistent with confounding from socioeconomic status

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4251-4254

  Rogeberg, Ole ^a  

^a RAGNAR FRISCH CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORWAY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84875032764     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215678110     Document Type: Article

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