An empirical study of the classification of eating disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 886-895

  Bulik, Cynthia M ^a   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EATING DISORDER; EMPIRICISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034043151     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.6.886     Document Type: Article

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