A gender-based examination of past-year recreational gamblers

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-64

  Potenza, Marc N ^a,b   Maciejewski, Paul K ^a   Mazure, Carolyn M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747038370     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-005-9002-4     Document Type: Article

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