Seasonally bound ovopathy versus "temperature at conception" as cause for anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-243

  Jongbloet, Piet Hein ^a   Groenewoud, Hans M M ^a   Roeleveld, Nel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa eating disorders seasons reproduction psychotic disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTION; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUSTRALIA; EATING DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; OVULATION; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27744490167     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20173     Document Type: Article

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