Prevalence of eating disorders and psychiatric co-morbidity among children and adolescents

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-359

  Mammen, P ^a   Russell, S ^a   Russell, Paul S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34249042594     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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