Eating disorders and aggressiveness among adolescents

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-189

  Miotto, P ^a   De Coppi, M ^a   Frezza, M ^a   Petretto, D R ^b   Masala, C ^b   Preti, Antonio ^b,c,d  

^a ULS 7 ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Genneruxi Medical Center   (Italy)

^d Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Anorexia nervosa psychology; Bulimia psychology; Eating disorders epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0042160262     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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