Characteristics of gambling and problematic gambling in the Norwegian context: A DSM-IV-based telephone interview study

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 189-197

  Götestam, K Gunnar ^a   Johansson, Agneta ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gambling activity; Norway; Pathological gambling; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GAME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037226088     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(01)00256-8     Document Type: Article

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