Heavy cannabis users at elevated risk of stroke: Evidence from a general population survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 226-230

  Hemachandra, Dilini ^a,b   McKetin, Rebecca ^b   Cherbuin, Nicolas ^b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cannabis; stroke; substance related disorders; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948124723     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12477     Document Type: Article

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