Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , 30 September 2006

Psychological experience of gambling and subtypes of pathological gamblers

Received 16 December 2004 ,Revised 8 August 2005 ,Accepted 22 August 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.08.017

Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , 30 September 2006

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