Recovery from anorexia nervosa: A sociological perspective

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-272

  Garrett, Catherine J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYTHOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOLOGY; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 0030889868     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199704)21:3<261::AID-EAT6>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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