Prevention series. Teachers: On "being" (rather than "doing") prevention

Eating Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Piran, Niva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EATING DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SCHOOL; STAFF TRAINING; STUDENT; TEACHER;

EID: 1542411441     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260490267724     Document Type: Article

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