Mortality rates in patients with anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders: A meta-analysis of 36 studies

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 724-731

  Arcelus, Jon ^a,b   Mitchell, Alex J ^b,c   Wales, Jackie ^b   Nielsen, Søren ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Region Sjælland Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960301806     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.74     Document Type: Article

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