Irregular Menses Linked to Vomiting in a Nonclinical Sample: Findings from the National Eating Disorders Screening Program in High Schools

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 450-457

  Austin, S Bryn ^a,b   Ziyadeh, Najat J ^a   Vohra, Sameer ^a   Forman, Sara ^a   Gordon, Catherine M ^a   Prokop, Lisa A ^a   Keliher, Anne ^c   Jacobs, Douglas ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Screening for Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Eating disorders; Female; Menses; Menstrual dysfunction; Purging; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 41949105850     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.11.139     Document Type: Article

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