Conflict between mothers with eating disorders and their infants during mealtimes

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue NOV., 1999, Pages 455-461

  Stein, Alan ^a   Woolley, Helen ^a   Mcpherson, Klim ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEAL; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032750823     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.5.455     Document Type: Article

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