Lifetime prevalence of pathological gambling among American Indian and Hispanic American veterans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 860-866

  Westermeyer, Joseph ^b   Canive, Jose ^a   Garrard, Judith ^a   Thuras, Paul ^a   Thompson, James ^a  

^a Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma ^*

^b Minnesota Veterans Home   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 17844377576     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.023770     Document Type: Review

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