Eating disorders in Japan: A review of the literature

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 339-346

  Nogami, Yoshimi ^a,b  

^a Hana Clinic   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Etiology; Japan; Prevalence; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031450530     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02597.x     Document Type: Review

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