The road less travelled: Moving from distribution to determinants in the study of gambling epidemiology

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 504-516

  Shaffer, Howard J ^a,b   LaBrie, Richard A ^b   LaPlante, Debi A ^a   Nelson, Sarah E ^a   Stanton, Michael V ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Gambling; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 4544379224     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404900802     Document Type: Review

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