Prevalence estimates of pathological gambling in Switzerland

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 473-475

  Bondolfi, G ^a,b   Osiek, C ^a   Ferrero, F ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique de Psychiatrie II   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Gambling; Prevalence; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034045585     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101006473.x     Document Type: Article

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