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Disaster Myths and Hurricane Katrina 2005: Can Public Officals and the Media Learn to Provide Reponsible Crisis Communication during Disasters?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Jeffrey L. Arnold
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2006

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