Anorexia, Body Image and Peer Effects: Evidence from a Sample of European Women

Economica

Volumn 80, Issue 317, 2013, Pages 44-64

  Costa Font, Joan ^a   Jofre Bonet, Mireia ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; HEALTH CARE; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84871315754     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2011.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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