Media use by children younger than 2 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1040-1045

  Brown, Ari ^c   Mulligan, Deborah Ann ^c   Altmann, Tanya Remer ^c   Christakis, Dimitri A ^c   Clarke Pearson, Kathleen ^c   Falik, Holly Lee ^c   Hill, David L ^c   Hogan, Marjorie J ^c   Levine, Alanna Estin ^c   Nelson, Kathleen G ^c   O'Keeffe, Gwenn Schurgin ^c   Dreyer, Benard P ^c   Fuld, Gilbert L ^c   Milteer, Regina M ^c   Shifrin, Donald L ^c   Strasburger, Victor C ^c   Brody, Michael ^a   Wilcox, Brian ^b   Steiner, Gina Ley ^c   Noland, Veronica Laude ^c  

^a American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Development; Infants; Media; Screen time; Television; Young children

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; OBESITY; PARENTING EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TELEVISION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 80355123381     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1753     Document Type: Review

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