Youth gambling: Not a safe bet

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-458

  Turchi, Renee M ^a,c   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gambling; Gaming; Risk taking behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AWARENESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747462763     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000236398.17699.0d     Document Type: Review

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