Seasonality of symptoms in anorexia and bulimia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-44

  Lam, Raymond W ^a,b   Goldner, Elliot M ^a,c   Grewal, Arvinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BULIMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 0030071482     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199601)19:1<35::AID-EAT5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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