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Development of a new body image assessment scale in urban Cameroon: an anthropological approach.

Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2011

Cohen Emmanuel, Pasquet Patrick

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OBJECTIVE: Develop and validate body image scales (BIS) presenting real human bodies adapted to the macroscopic phenotype of urban Cameroonian populations. DESIGN: Quantitative and qualitative analysis. SETTING: Yaoundé, capital city of Cameroon. PARTICIPANTS: Four samples with balanced sex-ratio: the first (n=16) aged 18 to 65 years (qualitative study), the second (n=30) aged 25 to 40 years (photo database), the...

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