Prevention strategies and promoting psychological resilience to bioterrorism through communication

NATO Security through Science Series A: Chemistry and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-162

  Speckhard, Anne ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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EID: 69549108394     PISSN: 18714641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5808-0_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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