Food Intake with an Antiobesity Drug (Sibutramine) Versus Placebo and Rorschach Data: A Crossover Within-Subjects Study

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-168

  Elfhag, Kristina ^a   Barkeling, Britta ^a   Carlsson, Anna Maria ^a   Lindgren, Thomas ^a   Rössner, Stephan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SIBUTRAMINE;

ADULT; AFFECT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG MECHANISM; EATING; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SATIETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEST MEAL; VARIANCE;

EID: 1642286484     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8202_4     Document Type: Article

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