Associations of Self-Reported Violence with Age at Menarche, First Intercourse, and First Birth Among a National Population Sample of Young Australian Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 281-289

  Watson, Lyndsey F ^a   Taft, Angela J ^a   Lee, Christina ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMEN; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548383345     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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