Weight management behaviors in a sample of Iranian adolescent girls
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عنوان ژورنال: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1124-4909,1590-1262
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-015-0249-1