Health-related correlates of gambling on the British National Lottery

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 247-254

  Reid, S ^b   Woodford, S J ^b   Roberts, R ^b   Golding, J F ^b   Towell, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033071345     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.247     Document Type: Article

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