Toward an empirical basis for primary prevention of eating problems with elementary school children

Eating Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 293-307

  Smolak, Linda ^a   Levine, Michael P ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000228023     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640269408249128     Document Type: Article

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