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Mental Health and Structural Inequality Impacts of Violence

Psychopathology and Coping in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Associations with Race and Abuse Severity

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Pages 205-221 | Received 31 Aug 2017, Accepted 08 Apr 2018, Published online: 18 Jun 2018

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