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Eating disorders: not such a slim speciality?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anne Ward,
Rosalind Ramsay and
Janet Treasure
Anne Ward
Affiliation:
Eating Disorders Unit
Rosalind Ramsay
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Janet Treasure
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 12 , December 1995, pp. 723 - 724
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