Cross-sectional and prospective relation of cannabis potency, dosing and smoking behaviour with cannabis dependence: An ecological study

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1101-1109

  Van der Pol, Peggy ^a   Liebregts, Nienke ^b   Brunt, Tibor ^a   van Amsterdam, Jan ^c   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)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose; Exposure; Frequent cannabis use; Marijuana; Smoking topography; THC concentration; Titration

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ADULT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CANNABIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902080045     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12508     Document Type: Article

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