Ethnic background and television viewing time among 4-year-old preschool children: The generation R study

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-71

  Wijtzes, Anne I ^a,b   Jansen, Wilma ^b,c   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,d   Moll, Henriëtte A ^d   Tiemeier, Henning ^b,d   Verhulst, Frank C ^d   Hofman, Albert ^a,d   MacKenbach, Johan P ^b   Raat, Hein ^b  

^a Generation R Study Group   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Rotterdam Rijnmond Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acculturation; Ethnic; preschool; sedentary; television

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION; TIME;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873391347     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: 15367312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31827b163a     Document Type: Article

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