Factors associated with disordered gambling in Finland

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Castrén, Sari ^a,b   Basnet, Syaron ^a,c   Salonen, Anne H ^a   Pankakoski, Maiju ^a   Ronkainen, Jenni Emilia ^a   Alho, Hannu ^a,b   Lahti, Tuuli ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disordered gambling; Pathological gambling; Population survey; Problem gambling; Public health; South Oaks Gambling Screen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879998295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-8-24     Document Type: Article

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