Income differences and recreational gambling

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-153

  Barry, Declan T ^a   Maciejewski, Paul K ^a   Desai, Rani A ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Gambling; Income; Mental health; Substance abuse dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650674961     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e318125088f     Document Type: Article

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