Adolescent Eating Disorders

Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Theoretical and Clinical Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 160-183

  Franko, Debra L ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203929629     Document Type: Chapter

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