Disentangling the relation between television viewing and cognitive processes in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and comparison children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-360

  Acevedo Polakovich, Ignacio David ^a   Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles ^a   Milich, Richard ^a   Ashby, Rebecca D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645561104     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.4.354     Document Type: Article

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