Estimation of the population "at risk" for eating disorders in a non-clinical Swedish sample: A repeated measure study

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-52

  Engstrom I ^a,b   Norring, C ^a,c  

^a Psychiatric Research Centre   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Earing disorders; EDI; Epidemiology; Partial syndromes; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036512719     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03354429     Document Type: Article

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