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Determinants of unlawful file sharing: a scoping review

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Determinants of unlawful file sharing: a scoping review. / Watson, Steven; Zizzo, Daniel; Fleming, Piers.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 6, e0127921, 2015.

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Watson, S, Zizzo, D & Fleming, P 2015, 'Determinants of unlawful file sharing: a scoping review', PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 6, e0127921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127921

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Watson, S., Zizzo, D., & Fleming, P. (2015). Determinants of unlawful file sharing: a scoping review. PLoS ONE, 10(6), Article e0127921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127921

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Watson S, Zizzo D, Fleming P. Determinants of unlawful file sharing: a scoping review. PLoS ONE. 2015;10(6):e0127921. Epub 2015 Jun 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127921

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Watson, Steven ; Zizzo, Daniel ; Fleming, Piers. / Determinants of unlawful file sharing : a scoping review. In: PLoS ONE. 2015 ; Vol. 10, No. 6.

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