Families and disasters: Making meaning out of adversity

Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-130

  Garrison, M E Betsy ^a   Sasser, Diane D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889987476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0393-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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