Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 281-289 , September 2007

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

  • Lyndsey F. Watson, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ms Lyndsey Watson, BSc, MSc, Mother and Child Health Research, 324-328 Lt Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9624 8500; fax: +61 3 9624 8555.
    • ,
  • Angela J. Taft, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Christina Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Received 15 August 2006 ,Accepted 1 June 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00103-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.06.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 281-289 , September 2007

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