Non-fat-phobic anorexia nervosa in British South Asian adolescents

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-165

  Tareen, Amina ^b   Hodes, Matthew ^a   Rangel, Luiza ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Edgware Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; British South Asians; Fat phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAT PHOBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ASIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY FATS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14944370046     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20080     Document Type: Article

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