The harms of pornography exposure among children and young people

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 384-400

  Flood, Michael ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boys; Pornography; Sexuality; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749107412     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1092     Document Type: Article

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