Youth and technology: The case of gambling, video-game playing, and the internet

Gambling Problems in Youth: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 101-120

  Griffiths, Mark ^a   Wood, Richard T A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449398563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48586-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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