Exploring the association between anorexia nervosa and geographical latitude

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Vazquez, R ^a   Carrera, O ^a   Birmingham, L ^b   Gutierrez, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Campus Universitario Sur   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bibliometrics; Climate; Culture; Epidemiology; Latitude

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PSORIASIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CLIMATE; CULTURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 33745776531     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327745     Document Type: Article

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