Differences in pathological gambling prevalence estimates: Facts or artefacts?

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sassen, Monika ^a   Kraus, Ludwig ^a,b   Bühringer, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a IFT INSTITUT FÜR THERAPIEFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparability; Methodological considerations; Pathological gambling; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155192832     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.354     Document Type: Article

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