Validity of the eating attitude test among exercisers

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-253

  Lane, Helen J ^a   Lane, Andrew M ^b   Matheson, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating attitudes; Exercise and health; External validity; Model testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947284240     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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