Learning from the victims: New physical and social science information about tsunamis from victims of the September 29, 2009 event in Samoa and American Samoa

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Dudley, Walter C ^a   Whitney, Rosy ^a   Faasisila, Jackie ^b   Fonolua, Sharon ^c   Jowitt, Angela ^b   Chan Kau, Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Samoa)

^c American Samoa Community College   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

First responder; Interviews; Preparedness; Trauma; Tsunami survivor

Indexed keywords

AID; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INJURY; SOCIAL IMPACT; TSUNAMI EVENT;

AMERICAN SAMOA; TUTUILA;

EID: 79958822253     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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