A cross-cultural comparison of the eating disorder inventory

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-355

  Podar, Iris ^a,b   Allik, Jüri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Eating Disorder Inventory; Eating disorders; EDI; EDI 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749105279     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20616     Document Type: Article

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