Anorexia: A "losing" strategy?

Human Nature

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-116

  Mealey, Linda ^a  

^a St Johns University School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Evolutionary psychiatry; Female competition; Intrasexual selection; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360567     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-000-1005-3     Document Type: Article

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