Problem gambling risk factors and associated behaviours and health status: Results from the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1257, 2007, Pages

  Mason, Kylie ^a   Arnold, Richard ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547117367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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