SCOFF, the development of an eating disorder screening questionnaire

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-351

  Hill, Laura S ^a   Reid, Fiona ^b   Morgan, John F ^b,c   Lacey, J Hubert ^b  

^a Wonford House Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorder; Screening questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951618631     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20679     Document Type: Article

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