Impact of adolescent marijuana use on intelligence: Results from two longitudinal twin studies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2016, Pages E500-E508

  Jackson, Nicholas J ^a,b   Isen, Joshua D ^c   Khoddam, Rubin ^a   Irons, Daniel ^c   Tuvblad, Catherine ^a,d   Iacono, William G ^c   McGue, Matt ^c   Raine, Adrian ^e   Baker, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Örebro University   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD; INTELLIGENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING;

EID: 84956960305     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516648113     Document Type: Article

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