The debate over digital technology and young people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bell, Vaughan ^a   Bishop, Dorothy V M ^b   Przybylski, Andrew K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; EDITORIAL; EMPATHY; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RECREATION; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; MENTAL DISORDERS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84942693570     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3064     Document Type: Editorial

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