Online poker gambling in university students: Further findings from an online survey

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Griffiths, Mark ^a   Parke, Jonathan ^b   Wood, Richard ^c   Rigbye, Jane ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GamRes Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Internet gambling; Online gambling; Online poker; Poker

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951296681     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-009-9203-7     Document Type: Article

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