Junk: Overeating and obesity and the neuroscience of addiction

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 496-506

  Fraser, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Feminist research; Obesity; Science and technology studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886708813     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2012.749868     Document Type: Article

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