Solving the Complex Puzzle of the Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa One Piece at a Time

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Pike, Kathleen M ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSULTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1842611592     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20001     Document Type: Note

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