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Impact of smartphones excessive use on youth

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With the majority of youth in Australia and worldwide spending more time on their smartphones, warning has been issued to handle this excessive use of smartphones.


Researchers fear that the addiction to smartphones will have severe impact on the youth psychological wellbeing.

Dr Bassam Al Attar comments

 


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