Examining association between screen time in children at age 1, autism spectrum disorder at age 3

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between screen time at age 1 and the presence or absence of an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis at age 3 among 84,000 children in Japan.

Authors: Megumi Kushima, M.A., of the University of Yamanashi in Yamanashi, Japan, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5778)

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