Abnormal eating attitudes in London schoolgirls - a prospective epidemiological study: Outcome at twelve month follow-up

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 383-394

  Patton, G C ^a   Johnson Sabine, E ^a   Wood, K ^a   Mann, A H ^a   Wakeling, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONDON; PERSONALITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025302651     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700017700     Document Type: Article

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