The etiology of adolescents' perceptions of their weight

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 461-474

  Desmond, Sharon M ^a   Price, James H ^a   Gray, Nancy ^a,b   O'Connell, Janelle K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEIGHT;

EID: 0022878054     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02146088     Document Type: Article

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