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The Limitations of Blanchard’s Typology: A Response to Lawrence (2010)

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This work was supported by Grant No. 1 R01 DA018080 from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA; Larry Nuttbrock, Principal Investigator).

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Nuttbrock, L., Bockting, W., Rosenblum, A. et al. The Limitations of Blanchard’s Typology: A Response to Lawrence (2010). Arch Sex Behav 39, 1017–1020 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9638-8

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