Overweight, weight: Concerns, and bulimic behaviors among girls and boys

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 754-760

  Field, Alison E ^a,d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,b   Barrtaylor, C ^c   Berkey, Catherine S ^a   Lindsay Frazier, A ^a,b   Gillman, Matthew W ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulimic; Females; Males; Overweight

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032969181     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199906000-00024     Document Type: Article

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