Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: When the pursuit of bodily 'perfection' becomes a killer

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 161-169

  Zerbe, Kathryn J ^a  

^a MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; OBSESSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0030067554     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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