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Masturbation is Related to Psychopathology and Prostate Dysfunction: Comment on Quinsey (2012)

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Costa, R.M. Masturbation is Related to Psychopathology and Prostate Dysfunction: Comment on Quinsey (2012). Arch Sex Behav 41, 539–540 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-9956-0

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