Prevention implications of peer influences on body image dissatisfaction and disturbed eating in adolescent girls

Eating Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 334-347

  Paxton, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0010331512     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640269608249193     Document Type: Article

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