Social networking sites: Finding a balance between their risks and benefits

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-89

  Mitchell, Kimberly J ^a   Ybarra, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449167962     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.534     Document Type: Editorial

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