Personality traits and disorders associated with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder

Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 209-231

  Steiger, Howard ^a   Bruce, Kenneth R ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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