Anorexia nervosa among female secondary school students in Ghana

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue OCT., 2004, Pages 312-317

  Bennett, Dinah ^a,d   Sharpe, Michael ^b   Freeman, Chris ^c   Carson, Alan ^c  

^a South East Scotland Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BULIMIC INVESTIGATORY TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; EATING ATTITUDES TEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SELF CONTROL; STARVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 4944251153     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.4.312     Document Type: Article

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