Place, gender and the appeal of video lottery terminal gambling: Unpacking a focus group study of Montreal youth

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-138

  Wilson, Dana Helene ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus group interviews; Gambling; Health behaviours; Health geography; Population health; Youth

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION PROCESS; FOCUS GROUPS; GAMBLING; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERACTIVE GROUPS; ONLINE GAMBLING; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; RESEARCH TEAMS; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUTH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HEALTH;

GAMBLING; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 79953067275     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9284-7     Document Type: Article

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