Mortality in eating disorders: A descriptive study

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-26

  Herzog, David B ^a,b,c   Greenwood, Dara N ^a   Dorer, David J ^a   Flores, Andrea T ^a   Ekeblad, Elizabeth R ^a   Richards, Ana ^a   Blais, Mark A ^a,b   Keller, Martin B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Harvard Eating Disorders Center   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034027746     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200007)28:1<20::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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