Eating disorders in diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-226

  Feldman, Matthew B ^a,b   Meyer, Ilan H ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Health Research Association   (United States)

^c Department of Sociomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Gay; Lesbian; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; BULIMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947499713     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20360     Document Type: Article

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