Impact of today's media on university student's body image in Pakistan: A conservative, developing country's perspective

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khan, Amad N ^a   Khalid, Salema ^a   Khan, Hussain I ^a   Jabeen, Mehnaz ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PAKISTAN; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PAKISTAN; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956267702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-379     Document Type: Article

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