Engaging culture: an overdue task for eating disorders research

Sing Lee¹

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Sing Lee. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2004 Dec.

. 2004 Dec;28(4):617-21.

doi: 10.1007/s11013-004-1072-8.

Sing Lee¹

¹ Hong Kong Mood Disorders Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, People's Republic of China. singlee@cuhk.edu.hk

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