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Epidemiological study of eating disorders: time for a change of emphasis1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

George C. Patton  and
Michael B. King
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , May 1991 , pp. 287 - 291
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