The mortality rate from anorexia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Birmingham, C Laird ^a,b   Su, Jenny ^b   Hlynsky, Julia A ^b   Goldner, Elliot M ^b   Gao, Min ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Psychiatric disorders; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 24344482876     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20164     Document Type: Article

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