A semiotic understanding of eating disorders: The impact of media portrayal

Eating Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-183

  Levitt, Heidi M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 2442586608     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640269708249223     Document Type: Article

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