Pathological gambling: Clinical aspects

Impulse Control Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 51-74

  Grant, Jon E ^a   Odlaug, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84878335718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711930.006     Document Type: Chapter

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