Eating disorders in British Asians

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-105

  Ratan, Dev ^a,c   Gandhi, Devang ^a   Palmer, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Bradgate Mental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Asians; Eating disorder symptoms; Referral patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; EATING DISORDERS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0031969748     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199807)24:1<101::AID-EAT10>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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