The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 4 , Pages 334-336 , October 2007

First Do No Harm: Why Have Parents and Pediatricians Missed the Boat on Children and Media?

  • Victor C. Strasburger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Victor C. Strasburger, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC 10 5590, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.

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PII: S0022-3476(07)00491-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.05.040

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 4 , Pages 334-336 , October 2007

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