Validation of self-reported cannabis dose and potency: An ecological study

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1801-1808

  Van der Pol, Peggy ^a   Liebregts, Nienke ^b   de Graaf, Ron ^a   Korf, Dirk J ^b   van den Brink, Wim ^b   van Laar, Margriet ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose; Potency; Quantity; Self report; THC; Validation

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE; POTENCY; QUANTITY; SELF-REPORT; STANDARD; THC; VALIDATION;

ADULT; CANNABIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

DOSE; POTENCY; QUANTITY; SELF-REPORT; THC; VALIDATION;

EID: 84880508590     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12226     Document Type: Article

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