Marijuana use among patients with glaucoma in a city with legalized medical marijuana use

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 259-264

  Belyea, David A ^a   Alhabshan, Rashed ^a   Del Rio Gonzalez, Ana Maria ^b   Chadha, Nisha ^a   Lamba, Tania ^a   Golshani, Cyrus ^a   Merchant, Kunal ^a   Passi, Neena ^a   Dan, Jacob A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANNABIS SMOKING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG LEGISLATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962439397     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.5209     Document Type: Article

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