Racial/ethnic disparities in binge eating: Disorder prevalence, symptom presentation, and help-seeking among Asian Americans and non-Latino Whites

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1263-1265

  Lee Winn, Angela ^a   Mendelson, Tamar ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902654525     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301932     Document Type: Article

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