Helping in the wake of disaster: A graduate student's perspective in the aftermath of the VT tragedy

Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-31

  Yoder, Matthew ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community level intervention; Disaster; Helping; Social support; Virginia Tech tragedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349099378     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765607309941     Document Type: Review

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