Unsafe and violent behavior in commercials aired during televised major sporting events

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Tamburro, Robert F ^a,b   Gordon, Patricia L ^a   D'Apolito, James P ^c   Howard, Scott C ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury prevention and control; Television; Unintentional injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADVERTIZING; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BEHAVIOR; BEVERAGE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; FOOTBALL; GAME; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPORT; TELEVISION; VIOLENCE; WINTER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SPORTS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 16644391851     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0105     Document Type: Article

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