Dieting among adolescent girls and their mothers: An interpretive study

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 428-462

  Ogle, Jennifer Paff ^a   Damhorst, Mary Lynn ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0004889607     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X00284002     Document Type: Article

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