A critical appraisal of the anorexia statistics in The Beauty Myth: Introducing Wolf's Overdo and Lie Factor (WOLF)

Eating Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-102

  Schoemaker, Casper ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; EPIDEMIC; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042600494     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260490444619     Document Type: Review

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