Body image, eating disorders, and the media

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-546

  Hogan, Marjorie J ^a,b   Strasburger, Victor C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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