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Human Stampedes: A Systematic Review of Historical and Peer-Reviewed Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2013

Ka Ming Ngai ,
Frederick M. Burkle Jr ,
Anthony Hsu  and
Edbert B. Hsu
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 191 - 195
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Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2009

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