The experience of disaster: Trauma, loss, adversities, and community effects

Mental Health and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 29-44

  Norris, Fran H ^a   Wind, Leslie H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84927115239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730030.003     Document Type: Chapter

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