Post-traumatic stress symptoms and childhood abuse categories in a national representative sample for a specific age group: Associations to body mass index

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roenholt, Stine ^a   Beck, Nina N ^a   Karsberg, Sidsel H ^a   Elklit, Ask ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Eating disorders; PTSD; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930823246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.17188     Document Type: Article

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