Eating disorders in medical students of Karachi, Pakistan-a cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Memon, Akhtar Amin ^a   Ezz E Rukhshan Adil, Syeda ^a   Siddiqui, Efaza Umar ^a   Naeem, Syed Saad ^a   Ali, Syed Adnan ^b   Mehmood, Khalid ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

EAT 26; Eating Disorders; Karachi; SCOFF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856372668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-84     Document Type: Article

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