A Case Study of Gambling Involvement and Its Consequences

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-235

  Hing, Nerilee ^a   Breen, Helen ^a   Gordon, Ashley ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

consequences; gambling involvement; Indigenous Australians; leisure involvement

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861451837     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2012.669682     Document Type: Article

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