Miasmatic calories and saturating fats: Fear of contamination in anorexia

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-93

  Warin, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abjection; Anorexia; Contamination; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEAR; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW FAT DIET; PHOBIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FATTY ACID;

ANOREXIA; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0141798861     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023683905157     Document Type: Article

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