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International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 7 (2021), Article ID 7:IJPNC-181, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2021/181
Commentary Article
Internet Addiction in Children and Adolescents

Meng-Chih Lee1,2*

1Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan
2Honorary President, Taiwan Society for Adolescent Medicine and Health, Taiwan
Prof. Meng-Chih Lee, Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan; E-mail: mcl@csmu.edu.tw
25 October 2021; 30 October 2021; 01 November 2021
Lee MC (2021) Internet Addiction in Children and Adolescents. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 7: 181.doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2021/181
© 2021 Lee. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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