Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Appetite

• Publication date

  2009-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2008.12.003PMID 19121351
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