Daily internet time: towards an evidence-based recommendation?
Background Since 2001, a recommendation of no more than 2 h per day of screen time for children 2 years of age or older was adopted in many countries. However, this recommendation was rarely examined empirically. The goal of the present study was to question this recommendation in today’s connected...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 647 - 652 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2018
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