Internet use, videogame playing and cell phone use as predictors of children’s body mass index (BMI), body weight, academic performance, and social and overall self-esteem
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- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Computers in Human Behavior
- Vol. 27 (1) , 599-604
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