Body image in children and adolescents: Where do we go from here?

Body Image

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-28

  Smolak, Linda ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Development; Gender; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444249032     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1740-1445(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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