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Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Risk Behaviors in Film: How Well Do MPAA Ratings Distinguish Content?

Jennifer J. Tickle Department of Psychology, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael L. Beach Department of Community and Family Medicine, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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Madeline A. Dalton Department of Community and Family Medicine, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Pages 756-767 | Published online: 21 Dec 2009

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