Body image in a sample of undergraduate medical students from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-297

  Moreira, Luiza Amélia Cabus ^a,b,c   De Azevedo, Ana Bárbara Galvão ^b   Queiroz, Diana ^b   Moura, Lediane ^a   Do Espírito Santo, Danilo ^a   Cruz, Renata ^a   Soledade, André ^a   Cunha, Lílian ^a   De Oliveira, Irismar Reis ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^c UFBA ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body image dissatisfaction; Body Shape Questionnaire; Eating disorders; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33644597013     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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