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. 2017 Sep 1;108(5-6):e648–e649. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.108.6538

Cannabis education: Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates among Ontario middle and high school students

George Mammen 1,✉, Sergio Rueda 1, Jürgen Rehm 1
PMCID: PMC6972216  PMID: 29356680

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