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Profiles of Medicinal Cannabis Patients Attending Compassion Centers in Rhode Island

Nickolas Zaller Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences—Health Behavior and Health Education, Little Rock, ARCorrespondence[email protected]
, Ph.D.,
Ariel Topletz NIH post-doctoral Research Fellow, Brown University—Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, RI
, Ph.D.,
Susan Frater Research Associate, Brown University—Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, RI
, M.D.M.H.A.,
Gail Yates Research Coordinator, Brown University—Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, RI
, B.S.N. &
Michelle Lally Professor of Medicine, Brown University—Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, RI
, M.D.
Pages 18-23 | Published online: 25 Feb 2015

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