Anxiety disorders and PTSD

Mental Health and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 47-66

  Mc Farlane, Alexander C ^a   Van Hooff, Miranda ^a   Goodhew, Freya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 79953254119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730030.004     Document Type: Chapter

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