The relationships among body image, body mass index, exercise, and sexual functioning in heterosexual women

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-339

  Weaver, Angela D ^a   Byers, E Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 33750596590     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2006.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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