Sexual assault history and eating disorder symptoms among White, Hispanic, and African-American women and men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 579-582

  Laws, Ami ^a   Golding, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029915058     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.4.579     Document Type: Article

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