Anorexia nervosa: A survival analysis

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Harbottle, E J ^a   Birmingham, C Laird ^a,b   Sayani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Life expectancy; Mortality rate; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 47249142006     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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