Implications of the Holocaust for eating and weight problems among survivors' offspring: An exploratory study

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-47

  Chesler, Betty E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Holocaust; Parental influence; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRISON; PROGENY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SIBLING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT; WAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 17144374889     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.589     Document Type: Article

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