Eating attitudes among Japanese and American elementary schoolgirls

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-435

  Mukai, Takayo ^a   McCloskey, Laura A ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030305359     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022196274003     Document Type: Article

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