Anorexia nervosa in postmenopausal women: Clinical and empirical perspectives

Journal of Mental Health and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-299

  Keith, Jessica A ^a   Midlarsky, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 27644513259     PISSN: 10784470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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