Video Games. Play or "Playlike Activity"?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-380

  Primack, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 70149101325     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.07.001     Document Type: Note

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