Gender differences in population versus media body sizes: A comparison over four decades

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 545-565

  Spitzer, Brenda L ^a   Henderson, Katherine A ^a   Zivian, Marilyn T ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0033112816     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018836029738     Document Type: Article

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