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Basic Research Article

A comparison of two strategies to assess sexual violence: general vs. specialised trauma screening strategies in two high-risk substance use health disparity samples

Comparación de dos estrategias para evaluar la violencia sexual: estrategias generales y especializadas de detección de traumas en dos muestras de disparidad en la salud por uso de sustancias de alto riesgo

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Article: 2287331 | Received 31 May 2023, Accepted 28 Oct 2023, Published online: 14 Dec 2023

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