An Overview of Anorexia Nervosa in Males

Eating Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 368-378

  Wooldridge, Tom ^a   Lytle, Pauline Polly ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b Argosy University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; FLORICULTURE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASTURBATION; NURSING; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866722641     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2012.715515     Document Type: Article

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