Searching for points of convergence: A commentary on prior research on disasters and some community programs initiated in response to September 11, 2001

9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 529-542

  Kaniasty, Krzysztof ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

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EID: 84926950592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544132.032     Document Type: Chapter

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