Eating problems and their risk factors: A 7-year longitudinal study of a population sample of Norwegian adolescent girls

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-531

  Kansi, Juliska ^a   Wichstrøm, Lars ^b   Bergman, Lars R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Eating problems; Girls; Longitudinal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644443523     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-8935-3     Document Type: Article

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