Psychological impacts of natural disasters

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 779-791

  Shultz, James M ^a   Neria, Yuval ^b   Allen, Andrea ^c   Espinel, Zelde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84939914117     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_279     Document Type: Chapter

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