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Short and Long Term Impact on Affected Populations

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  1. Department of Operational Medicine, Chair of Migration Health, University of Pecs Medical School, Pecs, Hungary

    István Szilárd

  2. Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Social Relations, Department of Community and Social Studies, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

    Árpád Baráth

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  1. University of Emden, Emden, Germany

    Jutta Lindert

  2. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Itzhak Levav

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Szilárd, I., Baráth, Á. (2015). Trafficked Persons and Mental Health. In: Lindert, J., Levav, I. (eds) Violence and Mental Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8999-8_12

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