Event frequency, excitement and desire to gamble, among pathological gamblers

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Linnet, Jakob ^a,b   Thomsen, Kristine Rømer ^a,c   Moller, Arne ^a,b   Callesen, Mette Buhl ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Addictive behaviour; Clinical psychology; Gambling; Neuroimaging; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960224138     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2010.502181     Document Type: Article

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