Season of birth bias and anorexia nervosa: Results from an international collaboration

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 340-345

  Winje, Eirin ^a   Torgalsbøen, Anne Kari ^b   Brunborg, Cathrine ^a   Lask, Bryan ^a,c,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Ellern Mede   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aetiology; anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; risk factor; season of birth bias

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON OF BIRTH BIAS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEASONS;

EID: 84876060772     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22060     Document Type: Article

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