Associations between content types of early media exposure and subsequent attentional problems

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 986-992

  Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a   Christakis, Dimitri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention problems; Executive function; Media; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIA EXPOSURE; NONVIOLENT ENTERTAINMENT; PARAMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION VIEWING; VIOLENT ENTERTAINMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 36048948871     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3322     Document Type: Article

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