Health correlates of recreational gambling in older adults

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1672-1679

  Desai, Rani A ^a,b   Maciejewski, Paul K ^a   Dausey, David J ^a   Caldarone, Barbara J ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NE Program Evaluation Center/182 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL CONDITION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BANKRUPTCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 4444284009     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.9.1672     Document Type: Article

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