Background television in the homes of US children

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 839-846

  Lapierre, Matthew A ^a   Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor ^b   Linebarger, Deborah L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Children; Media; Survey; Television

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868629217     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2581     Document Type: Article

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