No excuses: Televised pornography harms children

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 236-240

  Benedek, Elissa P ^a   Brown, Catherine F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; IMAGERY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELEVISION; WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RISK; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032727446     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hrp/7.4.236     Document Type: Article

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