Sex differences among treatment-seeking adult pathologic gamblers

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Granero, Roser ^a   Penelo, Eva ^a   Martínez Giménez, Raquel ^b   Álvarez Moya, Eva ^b   Gómez Peña, Mónica ^b   Aymamí, Maria Neus ^b   Bueno, Blanca ^b   Fernández Aranda, Fernando ^b,c   Jiménez Murcia, Susana ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 59649089508     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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