Overeaters anonymous: Who goes and who succeeds?

Eating Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-170

  Westphal, Vernon K ^a   Smith, Jane Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 84966630420     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640269608249183     Document Type: Article

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