Cannabis use and cognitive dysfunction
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[Cognitive abnormalities and cannabis use].
OBJECTIVE Evidence that cannabis use impairs cognitive function in humans has been accumulating in recent decades. The purpose of this overview is to update knowledge in this area with new findings from the most recent literature. METHOD Literature searches were conducted using the Web of Science database up to February 2010. The terms searched were: "cannabi*" or "marijuana", and "cogniti*" ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0019-5545
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.86796