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Fetishism and anxiety : a test of some psychodynamic hypotheses. / Wilson, Andrew.
In: Empirical Text and Culture Research, Vol. 4, 2010, p. 135-143.

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Wilson A. Fetishism and anxiety : a test of some psychodynamic hypotheses. Empirical Text and Culture Research. 2010;4:135-143.

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Wilson, Andrew. / Fetishism and anxiety : a test of some psychodynamic hypotheses. In: Empirical Text and Culture Research. 2010 ; Vol. 4. pp. 135-143.

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