The vulnerability of mobile home residents in tornado disasters: The 2008 super tuesday tornado in Macon County, Tennessee

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-199

  Chaney, Philip L ^a   Weaver, Greg S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866339211     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WCAS1042.1     Document Type: Article

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