Gambling awareness for youth: An analysis of the "don't gamble away our future™" program

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-261

  Taylor, Lisa M ^a   Hillyard, Pamela ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Consequences of gambling; Prevention programs; Program evaluation; Youth gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349114092     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-008-9184-y     Document Type: Article

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