To view or not to view: Television and mental health

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-

  Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; STRESS; TELEVISION;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; TELEVISION;

EID: 33645099307     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000204329.98066.62     Document Type: Editorial

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