Screen time of adolescents in an economically developing country: The case of Turkey

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-33

  Karaca, Ayda ^a   Caglar, Emine ^b   Bilgili, Naile ^c   Ayaz, Sultan ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adolescents; developing country; school type; Screen time; sport participation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADOLESCENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER ISSUE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPORT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; COMPUTERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78650607204     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.486383     Document Type: Article

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