An epidemiologic review of marijuana and cancer: An update

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-31

  Huang, Yu Hui Jenny ^a   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^b   Tashkin, Donald P ^c   Feng, Bingjian ^d   Straif, Kurt ^e   Hashibe, Mia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ANUS CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS USE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PENIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER; CANNABIS SMOKING; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84921024491     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-1026     Document Type: Review

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