Severe illness associated with reported use of synthetic marijuana - Colorado, August- September 2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 1016-1017

  Ghosh, Tista ^a   Herlihy, Rachel ^a   Van Dyke, Mike ^a   Kuhn, Stephanie ^a   Sherry, Burrer ^b   Halliday, Melissa ^b   Spelke, Bridget ^b   Bayleyegn, Tesfaye ^c   Wolkin, Amy ^c   Lewis, Lauren S ^c   Fechter Ethan, Leggett ^c   Olayinka, Olaniyi ^b  

^a Colorado Dept of Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MENTAL DISORDERS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABINOIDS; COLORADO; DESIGNER DRUGS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890319601     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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