Understanding the means and objects of addiction: Technology, the internet, and gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-469

  Staffer, Howard J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0001985459     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01539189     Document Type: Article

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