Child maltreatment associates with violent victimization in young adulthood: a Brazilian birth cohort study

• Main Authors: Eveline Bordignon (Author), Vanessa Iribarrem Avena Miranda (Author), Christian Loret de Mola Zanatti (Author), Ana Maria Baptista Menezes (Author), Helen Denise Gonçalves da Silva (Author), Fernando César Wehrmeister (Author), Joseph Murray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maltreatment in childhood may leave people vulnerable to further experiences of violence and more severe effects of stress later in life. Longitudinal studies of risk for violent victimisation after maltreatment are lacking in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of th...