Gambling and Other Risk Behaviors Among 8th- to 12th-Grade Students
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Gambling and other risk behaviors among 8th- to 12th-grade students.
OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between a self-reported history of gambling or problems related to gambling and health risk behaviors in adolescence. DESIGN An anonymous risk behavior survey was administered to 21 297 8th- through 12th-grade students in 79 public and private schools in Vermont. Gambling or problems related to gambling were the outcome variables of interest. Demographic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrics
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.2.e23