Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 300-306 , September 2009

Associations Between Media Use and Health in US Children

Received 1 April 2008 ,Accepted 29 April 2009.

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PII: S1876-2859(09)00117-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.04.006

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 300-306 , September 2009

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