Gender differences in pathological gambling

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Ibáñez, Angela ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^b   Moreryra, Paula ^b   Sáiz Ruiz, Jerónimo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0345700699     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v64n0311     Document Type: Article

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