Improved estimates of coastal population and exposure to Hazards released

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Volumn 83, Issue 28, 2002, Pages

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Small, Christopher ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 0042249155     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002EO000216     Document Type: Article

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