Bidirectional associations between cannabis use and depressive symptoms from adolescence through early adulthood among at-risk young men

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 287-297

  Womack, Sean R ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Weaver, Chelsea M ^a   Forbes, Erika E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD; DEPRESSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961618732     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.287     Document Type: Article

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