Association between low height and eating disorders: Cause or effect?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 549-553

  Favaro, Angela ^a   Tenconi, Elena ^a   Degortes, Daniela ^a   Soave, Manuela ^a   Zanetti, Tatiana ^a   Nardi, Maria T ^a   Caregaro, Lorenza ^a   Santonastaso, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Clinica Psichiatrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Height; Menarche age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548100558     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20409     Document Type: Article

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