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Television and Childhood Injuries: Is There a Connection?
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:712-714.
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Fourteen years ago the American Academy of Pediatrics published an initial report1 on the potential of television to stimulate aggressive and violent behavior, and since then considerable evidence has been accumulated to support these preliminary findings.2-5 In 1976, Daven et al6 reported on 3 cases of children severely injured while trying to imitate motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel. After numerous studies of televsion influence on real-life violence, including 2 major government commissions, the industry is experimenting with a 7 to 9 PM. "Family Hour" from which violence, along with sex, has been largely banished. In 1973, 18032 young Americans, 15 to 24 years of age, died in motor vehicle crashes, 5182 were murdered, and 4098 committed suicide. The death rate, for this age group, was 19% higher in 1973-1974 than it had been in 1960-1961, owing entirely to deaths by violence.7 Despite these various studies, however, we still know very little . . . [Full Text of this Article]Patients, Materials, and Methods
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Corresponding author: D. José Uberos Fernández, Avenida Salobreña 37, Ptal 6-4°A, Motril, Granada, Spain (e-mail: uberos@ctv.es).
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