Laxative abuse among women with eating disorders: An indication of psychopathology?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Pryor, Tamara ^a   Wiederman, Michael W ^b   McGilley, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG ABUSE; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CATHARTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030011248     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199607)20:1<13::AID-EAT2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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