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Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health

Elia Abi-Jaoude, Karline Treurnicht Naylor and Antonio Pignatiello
CMAJ February 10, 2020 192 (6) E136-E141; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190434
Elia Abi-Jaoude
Department of Psychiatry (Abi-Jaoude, Pignatiello), The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Psychiatry (Abi-Jaoude), Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network; Department of Psychiatry (Treurnicht Naylor), University of Toronto; Faculty of Medicine (Pignatiello), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Karline Treurnicht Naylor
Department of Psychiatry (Abi-Jaoude, Pignatiello), The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Psychiatry (Abi-Jaoude), Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network; Department of Psychiatry (Treurnicht Naylor), University of Toronto; Faculty of Medicine (Pignatiello), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Antonio Pignatiello
Department of Psychiatry (Abi-Jaoude, Pignatiello), The Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Psychiatry (Abi-Jaoude), Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network; Department of Psychiatry (Treurnicht Naylor), University of Toronto; Faculty of Medicine (Pignatiello), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Elia Abi-Jaoude, Karline Treurnicht Naylor, Antonio Pignatiello
CMAJ Feb 2020, 192 (6) E136-E141; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.190434

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