Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 735-742 , September 2010

Electronic media use and sleep in school-aged children and adolescents: A review

  • Neralie Cain
    • ,
  • Michael Gradisar

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: c/o School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8201 2324; fax: +61 8 8201 3877.

Received 3 December 2009 ,Revised 15 February 2010 ,Accepted 19 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.02.006

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 735-742 , September 2010

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