Dating people with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: Attitudes and beliefs of university students

Women and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 73-88

  Sobal, Jeffery ^a   Bursztyn, Mark ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BULIMIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFLICT; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031698021     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v27n03_06     Document Type: Article

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