Slipping through the cracks: Sexual harassment, eating problems, and the problem of embodiment

Eating Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-26

  Larkin, June ^a   Rice, Carla ^b   Russell, Vanessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Equity Studies Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 0001909751     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640269608250072     Document Type: Article

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