Epidemiology of eating disorders in Africa

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 372-377

  Van Hoeken, Daphne ^a   Burns, Jonathan K ^b   Hoek, Hans W ^a,c,d  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEEDING DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS;

AFRICA; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 84983077430     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000274     Document Type: Review

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