Epidemiology of anorexia nervosa in Japanese adolescents

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hotta, Mari ^a   Horikawa, Reiko ^b   Mabe, Hiroyo ^c   Yokoyama, Shin ^d   Sugiyama, Eiko ^e   Yonekawa, Tadato ^f   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^f   Okamoto, Yuri ^g   Ohara, Chisato ^h   Ogawa, Yoshihiro ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Nagano Prefectural College   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorder center; Epidemiology; Japan; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939161306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13030-015-0044-2     Document Type: Article

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