Validity of the Arabic version of the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI)

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue MAY, 1996, Pages 636-640

  Al Subaie, Abdullah S ^a   Bamgboye, Elijah ^a   Al Shammari, Sulaiman ^a   Khalid, N ^a   Al Sabhan, ^a   Al Shehri, Sulaiman Nasser ^a   Bannah, Azzah Ramadan Sayed ^a  

^a KING KHALID HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0029995867     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.5.636     Document Type: Article

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