Is internet use unhealthy? A cross-sectional study of adolescent internet overuse

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Surís, Joan Carles ^a   Akre, Christina ^a   Piguet, Claire ^a   Ambresin, Anne Emmanuelle ^a   Zimmermann, Grégoire ^b   Berchtold, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent behaviour; Health status; Internet use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LEISURE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; SWITZERLAND; BACK PAIN; INTERNET; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME; UTILIZATION; VISION DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84929056294     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14061     Document Type: Article

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