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Frederick J. Zimmerman

Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles

Publications -  145
Citations -  12836

Frederick J. Zimmerman is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 137 publications receiving 11726 citations. Previous affiliations of Frederick J. Zimmerman include University of Washington & Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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A Population-Based Study

Dimitri A. Christakis, +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a software program incorporating automatic speech-identification technology processed the recorded file to analyze the sounds the children were exposed to and the sounds they made, and a conditional linear regression was used to determine the association between audible television and the outcomes of interest.
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Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children

Dimitri A. Christakis, +4 more
- 01 Apr 2004 - 
TL;DR: Early television exposure is associated with attentional problems at age 7 and efforts to limit television viewing in early childhood may be warranted, and additional research is needed.
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Asset smoothing, consumption smoothing and the reproduction of inequality under risk and subsistence constraints

Frederick J. Zimmerman, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2003 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a stochastic dynamic programming model with endogenous asset price risk is developed to explore savings and portfolio decisions in a resource-poor environment characterized by risk and subsistence constraints, and optimal portfolio strategies are found to bifurcate, despite divisible assets and fully rational agents.
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Children’s Television Viewing and Cognitive Outcomes: A Longitudinal Analysis of National Data

Frederick J. Zimmerman, +1 more
- 01 Jul 2005 - 
TL;DR: There are modest adverse effects of television viewing before age 3 years on the subsequent cognitive development of children, and greater adherence to the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines that children younger than 2 years not watch television is warranted.
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Association of Lower Continuity of Care With Greater Risk of Emergency Department Use and Hospitalization in Children

Dimitri A. Christakis, +4 more
- 01 Mar 2001 - 
TL;DR: Lower continuity of primary care is associated with higher risk of ED utilization and hospitalization and efforts to improve and maintain continuity may be warranted.