Slimming Sickness
نویسنده
چکیده
Anorexia nervosa, a rare illness which occurs predominantly among adolescent girls, usually begins with dieting which gradually gets out of hand.
منابع مشابه
Adulteration of over-the-counter slimming products with pharmaceutical analogue--an emerging threat.
OBJECTIVES To review pharmaceutical analogue adulteration of non-prescription slimming products. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre for toxicology analysis, Hong Kong. PATIENTS All patients known to have been hospitalised after taking slimming products adulterated with pharmaceutical analogues from September 2004 to December 2006. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Age, rea...
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دوره 29 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1970