Perceptions of weight discrimination: prevalence and comparison to race and gender discrimination in America

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  International Journal of Obesity

• Publication date

  2008-03-04

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1038/ijo.2008.22PMID 18317471
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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