An empirical study examining the impact of gambling advertisements on adolescent gambling attitudes and behaviors

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-34

  Derevensky, Jeffrey ^a   Sklar, Alissa ^a   Gupta, Rina ^a   Messerlian, Carmen ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advertising; Gambling; Pathological gambling; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951298943     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-009-9211-7     Document Type: Article

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