The incidence of anorexia nervosa on Curaçao

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 748-752

  Hoek, Hans W ^a   Van Harten, Peter N ^b   Hermans, Karin M E ^b   Katzman, Melanie A ^b   Matroos, Glenn E ^b   Susser, Ezra S ^b  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEGRO; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16844383764     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.748     Document Type: Article

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