A study on consciousness of adolescent girls about their body image

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-202

  Dixit, Swati ^a   Agarwal, G G ^b   Singh, J V ^a   Kant, Surya ^a   Singh, Neelam ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c Isabella Thoburn College   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescence; body image satisfaction; perceived body image; stunting; underweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155133054     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.86520     Document Type: Article

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