Gambling in Western and Eastern Europe: The Example of Hungary

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-46

  Kun, Bernadette ^a,b   Balázs, Hedvig ^a   Arnold, Petra ^a   Paksi, Borbála ^c   Demetrovics, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Institute for Drug Prevention   (Hungary)

^c Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Comparison; Epidemiology; Gambling; National representative survey; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84862865472     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9242-4     Document Type: Article

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