Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 50-56 , June 2009

Pregnancy and protection: Perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australian female adolescents

  • S. Rachel Skinner

      Affiliations

    • Sydney University Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia
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  • Jennifer Smith

      Affiliations

    • School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Jennifer Fenwick

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 40 110 3634; fax: +61 89 266 2959.
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  • Jacqueline Hendriks

      Affiliations

    • School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Sue Fyfe

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
    • ,
  • Garth Kendall

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing & Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Received 22 August 2008 ,Revised 8 December 2008 ,Accepted 8 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.12.001

Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 50-56 , June 2009

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