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. 2016 Mar 10:10:44.
doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00044. eCollection 2016.

The Perfect Storm - A Bio-Psycho-Social Risk Model for Developing and Maintaining Eating Disorders

Guido K W Frank  1
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The Perfect Storm - A Bio-Psycho-Social Risk Model for Developing and Maintaining Eating Disorders

Guido K W Frank. Front Behav Neurosci. .
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Keywords: anorexia; bulimia; development; eating disorders; model; psychopathology; risk; trait.

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A bio-psycho-social risk model for developing and maintaining eating disorders; dopamine, DA.
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