Beyond addiction or compulsion: The continuing role of environment in the case of pathological gambling

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1736-1737

  Reith, Gerda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Environment; Pathological gambling; Policy; Regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPULSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; GAMBLING; HUMANS;

EID: 84866042272     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03669.x     Document Type: Note

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