Gastrointestinal dysfunction in Chinese patients with fat-phobic and nonfat-phobic anorexia nervosa

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 678-695

  Lee, Sing ^a   ng, King Lam ^a   Kwok, Kathleen P S ^a   Thomas, Jennifer J ^b   Becker, Anne E ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; Chinese; fat phobia; gastrointestinal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FAT PHOBIC ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONFAT PHOBIC ANOREXIA NERVOSA; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY FATS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869044528     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461512459487     Document Type: Article

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