Eating Disorders in Middle and Late Life: A Neglected Problem

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 80-82

  Zerbe, Kathryn J ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY IMAGE; COMPETITION; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1842610725     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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