Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2009

Pregnancy Losses In Young Australian Women: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

  • Danielle Herbert, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ms. Danielle Herbert, The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Public Health Building, St Lucia 4072, Australia.
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  • Jayne Lucke, PhD
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  • Annette Dobson, PhD

Received 29 April 2008 ,Revised 21 August 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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 The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00133-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.08.007

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2009

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