Understanding the Influence of Gambling Opportunities: Expanding Exposure Models to Include Adaptation

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 616-623

  LaPlante, Debi A ^a   Shaffer, Howard J ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; exposure; gambling; policy; public health

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549147685     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.616     Document Type: Article

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