Prevalence of eating disorders: A comparison of Western and non-Western countries

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Makino, Maria ^a,b   Tsuboi, Koji ^a   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BULIMIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBANIZATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 25144524651     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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