The public health risks of media violence: a meta-analytic review.

@article{Ferguson2009ThePH,
  title={The public health risks of media violence: a meta-analytic review.},
  author={Christopher J. Ferguson and John Kilburn},
  journal={The Journal of pediatrics},
  year={2009},
  volume={154 5},
  pages={
          759-63
        }
}
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