Screening high school students for eating disorders: Results of a national initiative

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Austin, S Bryn ^a,b   Ziyadeh, Najat J ^a   Forman, Sara ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149112537     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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