Disordered eating in entry-level military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-151

  Warner, Christopher ^a   Warner, Carolynn ^b   Matuszak, Theresa ^c   Rachal, James ^d   Flynn, Julianne ^e   Grieger, Thomas A ^f  

^a Behavioral Health Clinic   (United States)

^b Winn Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Offutt Air Force Base   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING ATTITUDES TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846939544     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.2.147     Document Type: Article

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