Epidemiology of eating disorders in Latin America: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 363-371

  Kolar, David R ^a,b   Rodriguez, Dania L Mejia ^b,c   Chams, Moises Mebarak ^b   Hoek, Hans W ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Colombia)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Binge eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa; Epidemiology; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN WORLD; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS;

FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84984710597     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000279     Document Type: Review

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