Gaming Industry Employees' Responses to Responsible Gambling Training: A Public Health Imperative

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-191

  LaPlante, Debi A ^a   Gray, Heather M ^a   LaBrie, Richard A ^a   Kleschinsky, John H ^b   Shaffer, Howard J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Evaluation; Follow up; Gambling; Gaming; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860462003     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9255-z     Document Type: Article

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