Uniformed rescue workers responding to disaster

Mental Health and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 302-318

  Mc Caslin, Shannon E ^a   Inslicht, Sabra S ^a   Henn Haase, Clare ^a   Metzler, Thomas J ^a   Neylan, Thomas C ^a   Marmar, Charles R ^a   Chemtob, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 80052631460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730030.018     Document Type: Chapter

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