Are scratchcards addictive? The prevalence of pathological scratchcard gambling among adult scratchcard buyers in the Netherlands

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 725-731

  DeFuentes Merillas, Laura ^a   Koeter, Maarten W J ^a   Bethlehem, Jelke ^b   Schippers, Gerard M ^a   VanDenBrink, Wim ^a  

^a AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Instant lotteries; Pathological gambling; Prevalence; Scratchcards; SOGS

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRATCHCARD ADDICTION; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH OAKS GAMBLING SCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0038047626     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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