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19 - Cannabis-Induced Psychosis

from Part VI - Substance Abuse and Medications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Luis Alfonso Núñez Domínguez
Affiliation:
Centro Médico, Navarra, Spain
Daryl Fujii
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Iqbal Ahmed
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
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The Spectrum of Psychotic Disorders
Neurobiology, Etiology and Pathogenesis
, pp. 369 - 381
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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