Eating disorders on the web: Risks and resources

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Mulèa, Alice ^a   Sideli, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Internet; Pro ana web sites

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCINFO;

EID: 77952960698     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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