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Research Article

The Relationship between Lifetime Exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events, Peritraumatic Dissociation, and PTSD in a Sample of Sexually Assaulted Women in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Pages 252-267 | Received 18 Aug 2021, Accepted 14 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Oct 2022

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