Television viewing in infancy and child cognition at 3 years of age in a US cohort

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Schmidt, Marie Evans ^a   Rich, Michael ^a   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^b   Oken, Emily ^b   Taveras, Elsie M ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Infancy; Media; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEVISION VIEWING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION;

EID: 63149171249     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3221     Document Type: Article

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