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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Volume 32, 2003 - Issue 3: Internet and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: New Opportunities for Treatment and Assessment
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Prevention of Eating Disorders and Obesity via the Internet

Marion F. Zabinski Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
,
Angela A. Celio San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, CA
,
Denise E. Wilfley Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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C. Barr Taylor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Pages 137-150 | Published online: 05 Nov 2010

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