Prevalence and risk factors of Internet addiction in high school students

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-20

  Şaşmaz, Tayyar ^a   Öner, Seva ^a   Kurt, A Öner ^a   Yapici, Guduellçin ^a   Yazici, Aylin Ertekin ^b   Buʇdayci, Resul ^a   Şiş, Mustafa ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84907923108     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt051     Document Type: Article

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