Risk factors for bulimia nervosa: A community-based case-control study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 509-517

  Fairburn, Christopher G ^a   Welch, Sarah L ^a   Doll, Helen A ^a   Davies, Beverley A ^a   O'Connor, Marianne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030997713     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830180015003     Document Type: Article

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