Reading level of overeaters anonymous primary educational materia

Eating Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-216

  Walfish, Steven ^a   Pinholster, Katherine ^b  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FLESCH KINCAID GRADE LEVEL SCORE; FLESCH READING EASE SCORE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; READING;

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; PAMPHLETS; READING; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 43149097398     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260802016720     Document Type: Article

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