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1 - Disaster Research and Epidemiology

from Part I - Conceptual Framework and Strategic Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

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Megumi Kano ,
Michele M. Wood ,
Judith M. Siegel  and
Linda B. Bourque
Edited by
Kristi L. Koenig  and
Carl H. Schultz
Kristi L. Koenig
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Carl H. Schultz
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
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