A national study of neighbourhood access to gambling opportunities and individual gambling behaviour

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 862-868

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Mason, K ^b   Hiscock, R ^a   Day, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; GIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 54749158127     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.068114     Document Type: Article

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