A comparative study of South Asian and non-Asian referrals to an Eating Disorders Service in Leicester, UK

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 404-409

  Abbas, S ^a   Damani, S ^a   Malik, I ^a   Button, E ^a   Aldridge, S ^a   Palmer, R L ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Epidemiology; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957960950     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1033     Document Type: Article

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