Child abuse victims twice as likely to die young: Australian study


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020

CANBERRA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- An Australian study has found that survivors of child abuse are more than twice as likely to die young.

Researchers said the study, which was published by the University of South Australia (UniSA) on Monday, marked the first time in the world that they had examined the impact of child mistreatment on the risk of death during adolescence and early adulthood.

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