Gambling among older adults: A comparative analysis

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-203

  Stitt, B Grant ^a   Giacopassi, David ^b   Nichols, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037396377     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303713     Document Type: Article

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