Clinical characteristics and course of anorexia nervosa in Latin America, a Brazilian sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-21

  Negrão, André Brooking ^a   Cordás, Táki Athanássios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Cross cultural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343396313     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02981-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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