Ethnic differences in psychosocial and health behavior correlates of dieting, purging, and binge eating in a population-based sample of adolescent females

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-322

  French, Simone A ^a,c   Story, Mary ^a   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^a   Downes, Blake ^a   Resnick, Michael ^a   Blum, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1842367338     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199711)22:3<315::AID-EAT11>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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