The media’s impact on body image: Implications for prevention and treatment

Eating Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 115-123

  Shaw, Julie ^a   Waller, Glenn ^b  

^a Rotherham College of Arts and Technology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000752912     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640269508249154     Document Type: Article

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