Risk Factors in Adolescence: The Case of Gambling, Videogame Playing, and the Internet

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 199-225

  Griffiths, Mark ^a   Wood, Richard T A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescence; Gambling; Internet; Videogames

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000638279     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009433014881     Document Type: Article

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