Ethnic differences in dieting, binge eating, and purging behaviors among American females: A review

Eating Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-304

  Crago, Marjorie ^a   Shisslak, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 0344036009     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260390242515     Document Type: Review

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