Planning for and responding to special needs of elders in natural disasters

Generations

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 37-41

  Pekovic, Vukosava ^a   Seff, Laura ^a   Rothman, Max B ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alliance for Aging Inc   (United States)

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