First Do No Harm: Why Have Parents and Pediatricians Missed the Boat on Children and Media?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-336

  Strasburger, Victor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; TELEVISION;

EID: 34548664376     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.05.040     Document Type: Editorial

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