Use of percentiles for the body mass index in anorexia nervosa: Diagnostic, epidemiological, and therapeutic considerations

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-369

  Hebebrand, Johannes ^a   Himmelmann, Günther W ^a   Heseker, Helmut ^b   Schäfer, Helmut ^a   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0029923924     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199605)19:4<359::AID-EAT4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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