Incidence of Internet gambling in Sweden: Results from the Swedish longitudinal gambling study

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-375

  Svensson, Jessika ^a,b   Romild, Ulla ^c  

^a Drug Prevention and Gambling   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish National Institute of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender; health; Internet gambling; longitudinal; regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859236395     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2011.629203     Document Type: Article

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