Cannabis and stroke: Systematic appraisal of case reports

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 852-856

  Hackam, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case management; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Stroke; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STROKE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANNABIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929267693     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008680     Document Type: Article

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