Disaster stress: An emergency management perspective

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-267

  Paton, Douglas ^a   Flin, Rhona ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Disasters; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950039789     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653569910283897     Document Type: Article

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