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. 2016 May 1;107(3):e337–e338. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5747

Vaporizing cannabis through e-cigarettes: Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates among Ontario high school students

George Mammen 1,, Jürgen Rehm 1, Sergio Rueda 1
PMCID: PMC6972280  PMID: 27763854

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