A systematic review for the effects of television viewing by infants and preschoolers

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2025-2031

  Thakkar, Rupin R ^a   Garrison, Michelle M ^b   Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Systematic review; Television

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEVISION VIEWING; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TELEVISION;

EID: 33750949420     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1307     Document Type: Review

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