Marijuana tourism and emergency department visits in Colorado

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 797-798

  Kim, Howard S ^a   Hall, Katelyn E ^b   Genco, Emma K ^c   Van Dyke, Mike ^b   Barker, Elizabeth ^b   Monte, Andrew A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; MEDICAL CANNABIS;

CANNABIS USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ICD-9; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL TOURISM; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MEDICAL TOURISM;

EID: 84959449236     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1515009     Document Type: Letter

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