Eating disordered behavior in men: Prevalence, impairment in quality of life, and implications for prevention and health promotion

Current Findings on Males with Eating Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 195-215

  Mond, Jonathan ^a   Mitchison, Deborah ^b   Hay, Phillipa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84885428751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203495650     Document Type: Chapter

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