The relationship between sexual abuse and eating pathology

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Zlotnick, Caron ^a   Hohlstein, Leigh Anne ^b   Shea, M Tracie ^c   Pearlstein, Teri ^c   Recupero, Pat ^d   Bidadi, Kahil ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Eating Disorders Program

^c Women's Treatment Program   (United States)

^d ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029840707     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199609)20:2<129::AID-EAT2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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