Childhood sexual abuse and precursors of binge eating in an adolescent female population

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Moyer, Diane M ^a,b   DiPietro, Loretta ^c,d   Berkowitz, Robert I ^e   Stunkard, Albert J ^e  

^a CEDAR CREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b John B Pierce Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031012273     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199701)21:1<23::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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