Household television access: Associations with screen time, reading, and homework among youth

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 244-251

  Wiecha, Jean L ^a   Sobol, Arthur M ^a   Peterson, Karen E ^b   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Dept of Maternal and Child Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Television; Television reduction; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RECREATION; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SAMPLING STUDIES; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0035468113     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0244:HTAAWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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