Predictors of children's entertainment television viewing: Why are they tuning in?

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 475-493

  Truglio, Rosemarie T ^a   Murphy, Kimberlee C ^b   Oppenheimer, Sabrina ^b   Huston, Aletha C ^b   Wright, John C ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030268957     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(96)90012-X     Document Type: Article

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