Eating disorders: A transcultural perspective

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 354-360

  Shuriquie, N ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0033085982     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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