Subtyping eating disorders: Is it justified?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 928-936

  Herzog, David B ^a   Field, Alison E ^b   Keller, Martin B ^c   West, Jennifer C ^a   Robbins, Wendi M ^a   Staley, Janet ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; recovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029957767     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199607000-00020     Document Type: Article

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