Bias and bulimia nervosa: How typical are clinic cases?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Fairburn, Christopher G ^a   Welch, Sarah L ^a   Norman, Patricia A ^a   O'Connor, Marianne E ^a   Doll, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0029938989     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.3.386     Document Type: Article

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