Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 708-713

  Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c,d   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b,c   DiGiuseppe, David L ^b   McCarty, Carolyn A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attentional problems; Prevention; Television

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 1842429671     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.4.708     Document Type: Article

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