State-level relationships cannot tell us anything about individuals

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e8-

  Harris, Alex H S ^a   Humphreys, Keith ^a,b   Finney, John W ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

DRUG CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84924754297     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302604     Document Type: Letter

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