Coping with Prejudice and Discrimination Based on Weight

The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, A Revised and Condensed Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 187-197

  Myers, Anna M ^a   Rothblum, Esther D ^b  

^a Massachusetts Department of Correction   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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