First do no harm: what could be done by casinos to limit pathological gambling

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 133-142

  Quinn, Frank L ^a  

^a South Carolina Center for Gambling Studies   (United States)

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EID: 5644225383     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1003     Document Type: Article

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