Culture, the media, and eating disorders

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-167

  Becker, Anne E ^a   Hamburg, Paul ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029832778     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229609030540     Document Type: Short Survey

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