Effect of Natural Disasters on Local Nonprofit Activity

Growth and Change

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 590-610

  Pena, Anita A ^a   Zahran, Sammy ^a   Underwood, Anthony ^b   Weiler, Stephan ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84914144456     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12056     Document Type: Article

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