The role of information in a lifetime process: A model of weight maintenance by women over long time periods

Information Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Bar Ilan, Judit ^a   Shalom, Nira ^a   Shoham, Snunith ^a   Baruchson Arbib, Shifra ^a   Getz, Irith ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33749315236     PISSN: 13681613     EISSN: 13681613     Source Type: Journal    
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