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Love, S., Kewley, J. (2005). Does Personality Affect Peoples’ Attitude Towards Mobile Phone Use in Public Places?. In: Mobile Communications. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 31. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-248-9_18

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