Ethnic origins of patients attending specialist eating disorders services in a multiethnic urban catchment area in the United Kingdom

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-463

  Waller, Glenn ^a,b   Schmidt, Ulrike ^a   Treasure, Janet ^a   Emanuelli, Francesca ^c   Alenya, Joana ^a   Crockett, Jo ^d   Murray, Katie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Eating disorder; Ethnicity; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67650179078     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20631     Document Type: Article

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