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Historical Trauma, Substance Use, and Indigenous Peoples: Seven Generations of Harm From a “Big Event”

Jennifer NuttonCentre for Research on Children and Families, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Elizabeth FastCentre for Research on Children and Families, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pages 839-847 | Published online: 09 Jul 2015

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