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Weight and shape concerns and dieting behaviours among pre-adolescents and adolescents in Japan

  1. Koji Kaneko MD,
  2. Nobuo Kiriike MD,
  3. Keiji Ikenaga MD,
  4. Dai Miyawaki MD,
  5. Sakae Yamagami MD

Article first published online: 4 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00559.x

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Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volume 53, Issue 3, pages 365–371, June 1999

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Kaneko, K., Kiriike, N., Ikenaga, K., Miyawaki, D. and Yamagami, S. (1999), Weight and shape concerns and dieting behaviours among pre-adolescents and adolescents in Japan. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 53: 365–371. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00559.x

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  1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

* Correspondence address: K.Kaneko Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, 545-8585, 1-4-3545-8585, Asahi-Machi, Abeno-Ku, Osaka 545, Japan

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  2. Article first published online: 4 JAN 2002

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