Denial of hurricane risks: Reflections of an addictions researcher

Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 48-54

  Ager, Richard David ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Denial; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349165284     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765608326758     Document Type: Article

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