Prevalence and Correlates of Gambling Problems Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Brazilian Adolescents

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-661

  Spritzer, Daniel Tornaim ^a,f   Rohde, Luis Augusto ^a   Benzano, Daniela Bumaguin ^a   Laranjeira, Ronaldo Ramos ^b   Pinsky, Ilana ^b   Zaleski, Marcos ^c   Caetano, Raul ^d   Tavares, Hermano ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Correlates; Gambling; Prevalence; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155139128     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-010-9236-7     Document Type: Article

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