Opportunities for video lottery terminal gambling in Montréal: An environmental analysis

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Gilliland, Jason A ^a,b   Ross, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling; Geographic factors; Geographic information systems; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTHOOD; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LICENSING; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

GAMBLING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; POVERTY AREAS; QUEBEC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 13844255705     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404019     Document Type: Article

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