Association between mobile phone use and depressed mood in Japanese adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 187-193

  Ikeda, Kayoko ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^b  

^a NIIGATA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cellular phone; Cross sectional studies; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; E-MAIL; EXCITEMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SPORT; TELEPHONE; TENSION; AFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JAPAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CELL PHONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84901400769     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-013-0373-3     Document Type: Article

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