The Public Health Risks of Media Violence: A Meta-Analytic Review

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 759-763

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Kilburn, John ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH HAZARD; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 64149107107     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.11.033     Document Type: Article

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