Should Burden of Disease Estimates Include Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Psychosis?
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1 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia, 3 Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 4 Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia, 5 Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009