A Descriptive Epidemiology of Screen-Based Devices by Children and Adolescents: a Scoping Review of 130 Surveillance Studies Since 2000
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Adolescents are exposed to high amounts of screen use.
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- Authors
- Thomas, G., Bennie, J. A., De Cocker, K., Castro, O., & Biddle, S. J. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Thomas, George
- Venue
- Child Indicators Research
- Published
- 2019-07-19
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 935-950
- ISSN
- 1874-897X (ISSN-L)
- 1874-8988
- OpenAlex
- W2964276250
- Semantic Scholar
- b811f4426d2f0d24667a691b0fc254e9f2bb94ea
- Cited by
- 139
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 39.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Indicators Research (publishedVersion)
- University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- screen time, children, adolescents, television viewing, mobile devices, tablets, video game consoles, screen time guidelines, health surveillance
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