Dietitians: Are they a risk group for eating disorders?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-67

  Kinzl, Johann F ^a   Traweger, Christian M ^b   Trefalt, Ernestine ^b   Mangweth, Barbara ^b   Biebl, Wilfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN; EATING HABIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032892889     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199903)7:1<62::AID-ERV249>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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