Validation of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) as a screening tool in the general population;Validación del cuestionario Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) como prueba de cribado de trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en la población general

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 130, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 487-491

  De Irala, Jokin ^a,c   Cano Prous, Adrián ^a   Lahortiga Ramos, Francisca ^a   Gual García, Pilar ^b   Martínez González, Miguel A ^a   Cervera Enguix, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating attitudes test; Screen tool; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42549156171     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13119489     Document Type: Article

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