How do gamblers start gambling: Identifying behavioural markers for high-risk internet gambling

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-278

  Braverman, Julia ^a,b   Shaffer, Howard J ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859803457     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp232     Document Type: Article

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