Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 508-516 , November 2009

Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization from Adolescence to Young Adulthood in a Nationally Representative Sample

  • Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Ph.D., Department of Maternal & Child Health, CB #8120, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8120.
    • ,
  • Aubrey L. Spriggs, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Sandra L. Martin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Lawrence L. Kupper, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00121-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.011

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 508-516 , November 2009

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