Presence of disordered eating among Mexican teenage women from a semi-urban area: Its relation to the cultural hypothesis

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-202

  Bojorquez, Ietza ^a   Unikel, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Culture; Eating disorders; Mexico; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEXICO; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 3142688205     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.571     Document Type: Article

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