An epidemiological response to disaster: The post-9/11 psychological needs assessment of New York City public school students

9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 71-94

  Hoven, Christina W ^a   Mandell, Donald J ^b   Duarte, Cristiane S ^c   Wu, Ping ^c   Giordano, Vincent ^d  

^a Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University Division of Child Psychiatry New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 67651133739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544132.007     Document Type: Chapter

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