Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia - A Singapore Perspective

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Ung, E K ^a   Lee, S ^a   Kua, E H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia; Clinical characteristics; Eating disorder; Transcultural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031196967     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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