Hospitalization for anorexia nervosa in Italy

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-162

  Gigantesco, Antonella ^a   Masocco, Maria ^a   Picardi, Angelo ^a   Lega, Ilaria ^a   Conti, Susanna ^a   Vichi, Monica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Hospitalization; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; ANOREXIA; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954895858     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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