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T McFarlane1, R E McCabe, J Jarry

  • 1Ambulatory Care for Eating Disorders, Toronto General Hospital, 101 College St., CW1-311, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada. traci@psych.utoronto.ca

The International Journal of Eating Disorders
|March 23, 2001
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