Assessing the prevalence of eating disorders in an Australian twin population

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 845-851

  Wade, Tracey ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^b   Abraham, Suzanne ^c   Treloar, Susan A ^d   Martin, N G ^d   Tiggemann, M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BULIMIA; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; TWINS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030484651     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065054     Document Type: Article

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