Eating pathology in Fiji: Phenomenologic diversity, visibility, and vulnerability

Re-Visioning Psychiatry

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 515-543

  Becker, Anne E ^a,b   Thomas, Jennifer J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84954187754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139424745.027     Document Type: Chapter

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