Bulimia nervosa in a Canadian community sample: Prevalence and comparison of subgroups

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1052-1058

  Garfinkel, Paul E ^a,b   Lin, Elizabeth ^a   Goering, Paula ^a   Spegg, Cathy ^a   Goldbloom, David S ^a   Kennedy, Sidney ^a   Kaplan, Allan S ^a   Woodside, D Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028998219     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.7.1052     Document Type: Article

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