Predicting levels of postdisaster stress in adults following the 1993 floods in the upper midwest

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 340-357

  Tobin, Graham A ^a,b   Ollenburger, Jane C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0000692512     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916596283004     Document Type: Article

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