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Linking Pornography Consumption to Support for Adolescents' Access to Birth Control: Cumulative Results from Multiple Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal National Surveys

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Pages 111-123 | Received 01 Aug 2017, Accepted 04 Mar 2018, Published online: 09 May 2018

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