Gambling and the older Chinese in Canada

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-141

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese elderly; Culture and gambling; Predictors of gambling

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CANADA; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33747055300     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-005-9006-0     Document Type: Article

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