Gender, age, ethnic and occupational associations with pathological gambling in a New Zealand Urban sample

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-91

  Clarke, Dave ^a,d   Abbott, Max ^b   Tse, Samson ^c   Townsend, Sonia ^c   Kingi, Pefi ^c   Manaia, Wiremu ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33749079402     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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