Validity in Phallometric Testing for Sexual Interests in Children: A Meta-Analytic Review

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  2019

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  Assessment (Odessa, Fla.)

• Publication date

  2019-04-01

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  Law, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/1073191117706139PMID 28454493
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