The Pathways Model as harm minimization for youth gamblers in educational settings

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-45

  Nower, Lia ^a   Blaszczynski, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational Settings; Harm Minimization; The Pathways Model; Youth Gamblers

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043066363     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CASW.0000012347.61618.f7     Document Type: Review

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