Intrauterine hormonal environment and risk of developing anorexia nervosa

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1402-1408

  Procopio, Marco ^a,b,d   Marriott, Paul ^c  

^a SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Napier House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK; TWINS;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 36849059241     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.12.1402     Document Type: Article

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