A plea for concern regarding violent video games

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 818-820

  Murray, John P ^a,b   Biggins, Barbara ^c   Donnerstein, Edward ^d   Kunkel, Dale ^d   Menninger, Roy W ^e   Rich, Michael ^b,f   Strasburger, Victor ^g  

^a WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Australian Council on Children and Media   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Harvard School of Public Health ^*

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COURT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; RECREATION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960943466     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0321     Document Type: Letter

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