Do youths gamble? You bet! A Swiss population-based study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue AUGUST, 2010, Pages

  Luder, Marie Thérèse ^a   Berchtold, André ^a   Akré, Christina ^a   Michaud, Pierre André ^a   Surís, Joan Carles ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gambling; Mental health; Social support; Substance use; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84855920548     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2010.13074     Document Type: Article

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