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Cannabis use among Navy personnel in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Prevalence of cannabis use among military populations vary. There is evidence that drug use is associated with combat exposure and PTSD. The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of cannabis use among Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) personnel and to identify any relationship with cann...

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Autores principales:	de Silva, Varuni Asanka, Jayasekera, Nicholas, Hanwella, Raveen
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794863/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26987474 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1988-4

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