The effects of a "benign" disaster: Symptoms of post-traumatic stress in children following a series of volcanic eruptions

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 1997, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Ronan, Kevin R ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Childhood post traumatic stress; Self reported symptom clusters; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003894144     PISSN: 11744707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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