Young children and media: Limitations of current knowledge and future directions for research

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1177-1185

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Infants; Media; TV

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849083667     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209331540     Document Type: Article

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