Human Rights and Mass Disaster: Lessons from the 2004 Tsunami1
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عنوان ژورنال: Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1010-5395,1941-2479
DOI: 10.1177/101053950701901s09