Policy statement - Media violence

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1495-1503

  Fuld, Gilbert L ^c   Mulligan, Deborah Ann ^c   Altmann, Tanya Remer ^c   Brown, Ari ^c   Christakis, Dimitri A ^c   Clarke Pearson, Kathleen ^c   Dreyer, Benard P ^c   Falik, Holly Lee ^c   Nelson, Kathleen G ^c   O'Keeffe, Gwenn S ^c   Strasburger, Victor C ^c   Milteer, Regina M ^c   Shifrin, Donald L ^c   Brody, Michael ^a   Wilcox, Brian ^b   Anderson, Craig A ^c   Gentile, Douglas A ^c   Steiner, Gina Ley ^c   Noland, Veronica Laude ^c  

^a American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Media violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DESENSITIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEAR; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NIGHTMARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70350508306     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2146     Document Type: Article

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