Gender identity disorder and eating disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 473-478

  Hepp, Urs ^a,b   Milos, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UniversitatsSpital Zurich Psychiatrische Poliklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorder; Gender identity; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SWITZERLAND; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0036883653     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10090     Document Type: Article

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