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Is there such a thing as online video game addiction? A cross-disciplinary review

Matilda HellmanCenter for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, PB 35, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tim M. SchoenmakersIVO Addiction Research Institute, Heemraadsingel 194, 3012 DM Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Benjamin R. NordstromPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Ruth J. van HolstDepartment of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 102-112 | Received 09 Mar 2012, Accepted 09 May 2012, Published online: 22 Jun 2012

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