Television and Violence: The Scale of the Problem and Where to Go From Here

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 267, Issue 22, 1992, Pages 3059-3063

  Centerwall, Brandon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0026772260     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03480220077031     Document Type: Article

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