Screen time and risk behaviors in 10- to 16-year-old Canadian youth

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Carson, Valerie ^a   Pickett, William ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Computer; Risky behaviors; Television; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE RISK BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78751685435     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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