Playing a violent television game does not affect saliva cortisol

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1052-1053

  Ivarsson, Malena ^a,b   Anderson, Martin ^c   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a   Lindblad, Frank ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEO GAMES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 65449121788     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01271.x     Document Type: Article

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