Female pathological gamblers-A critical review of the clinical findings

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 190-202

  Wenzel, Hanne Gro ^a   Dahl, Alv A ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Female; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349114112     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-008-9174-0     Document Type: Article

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