Ethnic and age differences in eating disorder symptomatology among albertan women

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Boisvert, Jennifer A ^b   Harrell, W Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorder symptomatology; Ethnicity; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849090473     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014689     Document Type: Article

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