Deriving low-risk gambling limits from longitudinal data collected in two independent Canadian studies

Addiction

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2011-2020

  Currie, Shawn R ^a   Hodgins, David C ^a   Casey, David M ^a   el Guebaly, Nady ^a   Smith, Garry J ^b   Williams, Robert J ^c   Schopflocher, Don P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling harms; longitudinal cohort study; low risk gambling limits; prevention; problem gambling; receiver operating characteristic analysis; risk curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBERTA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CANADIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONTARIO; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CANADA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCOME; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALBERTA; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INCOME; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026643617     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13909     Document Type: Article

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