Eating disorders in Japan: Finding the right context

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Nishizono Maher, Aya ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia; Eating disorder; Family; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032433440     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb03257.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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