What we have learned about mass chemical disasters

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 754-765

  Pastel, Ross H ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 38349103962     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20071101-03     Document Type: Article

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