Reply to Rogeberg and Daly: No evidence that socioeconomic status or personality differences confound the association between cannabis use and IQ decline

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

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c   Meier, Madeline H ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c   Poulton, Richie ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ARTIFACT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LETTER; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875040119     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300618110     Document Type: Letter

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