TVs in the bedrooms of children: Does it impact health and behavior?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Sisson, Susan B ^a   Broyles, Stephanie T ^b   Newton, Robert L ^b   Baker, Birgitta L ^c   Chernausek, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Children; Physical activity; Social isolation; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BEDS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751681464     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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