Stacking the odds: A phenomenological study of non-problem gambling in later life

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-442

  Hagen, Brad ^a   Nixon, Gary ^a   Solowoniuk, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Gambling; Narrative; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 33645244460     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2006.0010     Document Type: Article

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