Correlates of binge eating in hispanic, black, and white women

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-52

  Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a,c   Spring, Bonnie ^b   Avellone, Mary E ^a   Blackman, Lisa R ^a   Pingitore, Regina ^b   Stolley, Melinda R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Ethnic groups; Weight and depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031965889     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199807)24:1<43::AID-EAT4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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