Children, adolescents and the media: What we know, what we don't know and what we need to find out (quickly!)

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 655-657

  Strasburger, Victor C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUGGESTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 69249149719     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.157156     Document Type: Review

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