Detection of bulimia in a primary care setting

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 236-242

  Freund, Karen M ^a,b   Graham, Susan M ^b   Lesky, Linda G ^a,b   Moskowitz, Mark A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bulimia; diagnostic tests; eating disorders; screening; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EATING; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BULIMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027232607     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600088     Document Type: Article

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