Factors associated with the timing and onset of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: Results from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 555-564

  Butterworth, Peter ^a   Slade, Tim ^b   Degenhardt, Louisa ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cannabis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908367095     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12183     Document Type: Article

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