The rise and fall of body size estimation research in anorexia nervosa: A review and reconceptualization

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-95

  Smeets, Monique A M ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; IMAGERY;

EID: 0030807506     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199706)5:2<75::AID-ERV190>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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