Recent trends in cyclic vomiting syndrome-associated hospitalisations with liberalisation of cannabis use in the state of Colorado

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 649-655

  Bhandari, Sanjay ^a   Jha, Pinky ^a   Lisdahl, Krista M ^b   Hillard, Cecilia J ^a   Venkatesan, Thangam ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabis; Colorado; cyclic vomiting syndrome; hospitalisation; legalisation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; COLORADO; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EVENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLORADO; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA USE; MIDDLE AGED; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85065707659     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.14164     Document Type: Article

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