Should amenorrhoea be necessary for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa? Evidence from a Canadian community sample

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue APR., 1996, Pages 500-506

  Garfinkel, Paul E ^a,c   Lin, E ^a   Goering, P ^a   Spegg, C ^a   Goldbloom, D ^a   Kennedy, S ^a   Kaplan, A S ^a,b   Woodside, D Blake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029942314     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.4.500     Document Type: Article

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