The relationship between player losses and gambling-related harm: Evidence from nationally representative cross-sectional surveys in four countries

Addiction

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 320-330

  Markham, Francis ^a   Young, Martin ^b   Doran, Bruce ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dose response; Electronic gaming machines; Gambling; Gambling expenditure; Gambling losses; Gambling related harm; Problem gambling; Public health; Risk curves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954387534     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13178     Document Type: Article

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