Links Between Casino Proximity and Gambling Participation, Expenditure, and Pathology

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Sévigny, Serge ^a   Ladouceur, Robert ^a   Jacques, Christian ^a   Cantinotti, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

casino proximity; gambling expenditure; gambling participation; pathological gambling; prevalence rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INCOME; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 44849109608     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.2.295     Document Type: Article

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