Body image and weight consciousness among South Asian, Italian and general population women in Britain

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-215

  Bush, H M ^a   Williams, R G A ^a   Lean, M E J ^b   Anderson, A S ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LIPID STORAGE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035703696     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.2001.0424     Document Type: Article

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