The physical and psychological measurement of gambling environments

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-581

  Finlay, Karen ^a   Kanetkar, Vinay ^a   Londerville, Jane ^a   Marmurek, Harvey H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Casino design; Environment; Environmental psychology; Problem gambling; Restoration

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; GAMBLING;

EID: 33744487885     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505283419     Document Type: Article

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