Genetic and environmental risk factors for the weight and shape concerns characteristic of bulimia nervosa

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 761-771

  Wade, T ^a   Martin, N G ^a   Tiggemann, M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031821444     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006989     Document Type: Article

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