Against All Odds: Genocidal Trauma Is Associated with Longer Life-Expectancy of the Survivors

Abraham Sagi-Schwartz; Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg; Shai Linn; Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069179

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Against All Odds: Genocidal Trauma Is Associated with Longer Life-Expectancy of the Survivors

Abraham Sagi-Schwartz ,

* E-mail: sagi@psy.haifa.ac.il

Affiliation Center for the Study of Child Development and Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg,

Affiliation Centre for Child and Family Studies, Rommert Casimir Institute for Developmental Psychopathology, Leiden University, AK Leiden, The Netherlands
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Shai Linn,

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, and Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

Affiliation Centre for Child and Family Studies, Rommert Casimir Institute for Developmental Psychopathology, Leiden University, AK Leiden, The Netherlands
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Against All Odds: Genocidal Trauma Is Associated with Longer Life-Expectancy of the Survivors

Abraham Sagi-Schwartz,
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg,
Shai Linn,
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

Published: July 24, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069179

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