Is anorexia nervosa associated with elevated rates of suicide?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1206-1207

  Coren, Stanley ^a   Hewitt, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031856853     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1206     Document Type: Article

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