Fruit machine addiction: An issue for educational psychologists?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 33-44

  Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955913611     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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