The Transmission of Trauma from Mother to Infant: Radioactive Residues and Counter-Transference in the Case of a Haitian Mother and Her Two-Year-Old SonFootnote^*

* The research is conducted with two research laboratories: PCPP EA 4056 Paris Descartes University and Inserm U1178

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