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The body electric: thin-ideal media and eating disorders in adolescents
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T22:36:32Z
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dc.date.issued2000-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationHarrison, K (2000). "The body electric: thin-ideal media and eating disorders in adolescents." Journal of Communication 50(3): 119-143. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/75586>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1460-2466en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/75586
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights2000 by the Journal of Communicationen_US
dc.titleThe body electric: thin-ideal media and eating disorders in adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelCommunicationsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Michigan, 2020 Frieze Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285, USA E-mail: krishar@umich.eduen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02856.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Communicationen_US
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