Drinkers and bettors: Investigating the complementarity of alcohol consumption and problem gambling

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-164

  French, Michael T ^a   Maclean, Johanna Catherine ^b   Ettner, Susan L ^c  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Bivariate probit; Endogeneity; Gambling; Treatment effects model

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449112639     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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