Linked lives: Adult children's experiences of late onset parental gambling problems

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-380

  Patford, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult children; Gambling problems; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448980816     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-007-9077-5     Document Type: Article

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