Cannabis: the Effect on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Size in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study

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Cannabis: the Effect on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Size in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study

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This BMedSc (Hons) thesis examined whether cannabis use was associated with two cardiovascular risk factors and if so, the extent and direction of this association. The specific outcomes examined were cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index. The thesis begins with a systematic review of the literature related to cannabis use and adverse health outcomes in the context of the well known Bradford-Hill criteria for causation. The second chapter describes the sample and methods used in this ...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2009

Creator

Mishra, Prabal

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/15297

Related subjects

BMI (Body Mass Index) / Body Mass Index (BMI) / body size / cannabis / cardiorespiratory fitness / cardiovascular health / cardiovascular risk factors / tobacco smoking

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