Policy statement - Media education

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1012-1017

  Strasburger, Victor C ^a   Fuld, Gilbert L ^a   Mulligan, Deborah Ann ^a   Altmann, Tanya Remer ^a   Brown, Ari ^a   Christakis, Dimitri A ^a   Clarke Pearson, Kathleen ^a   Dreyer, Benard P ^a   Falik, Holly Lee ^a   Nelson, Kathleen G ^a   O'Keeffe, Gwenn S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Media

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADVERTIZING; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER; EATING DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFANT; INFORMATION LITERACY; MASS MEDIUM; MOBILE PHONE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION LITERACY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78049435101     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1636     Document Type: Review

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