Exploring gender differences in Malaysian urban adolescent Internet usage

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Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Soh, Patrick C H ^a   Teh, Boon Heng ^a   Hong, Yong Hoe ^a   Ong, Tze San ^b   Charlton, John P ^c  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Faculty of Economics and Management Universities   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84883787095     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i9.4334     Document Type: Article

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