Genetic Aetiology of Eating Disorders and Obesity

Handbook of Eating Disorders: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 35-62

  Winchester, Elizabeth ^a   Collier, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1002/0470013443.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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