Body type preferences in Asian and Caucasian college students

Sex Roles

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 867-878

  Barnett, Heather L ^a   Keel, Pamela K ^a   Conoscenti, Lauren M ^a  

^a 1570 William James Hall ^*

Author keywords

Body image; Ethnicity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605601     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015600705749     Document Type: Article

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