The eating attitudes test: Comparative analysis of female and male students at the Public Ballet School of Berlin

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-23

  Neumarker K J ^a   Bettle, N ^a   Bettle, O ^a   Dudeck, U ^a   Neumarker U ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ballet school; Comparative analysis; EAT; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; STUDENT;

EID: 0031922030     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050040     Document Type: Article

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