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Clinical Research Article

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder in intergenerational trauma transmission among Eritrean asylum-seeking mother-child dyads

Trastorno de estrés postraumático complejo en la transmisión intergeneracional del trauma entre las diadas madre-hijo eritreos solicitantes de asilo

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Article: 2300588 | Received 04 Sep 2023, Accepted 21 Dec 2023, Published online: 08 Jan 2024

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