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Working with Vietnamese Americans in Disasters

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  1. Aaron S. Kaplan
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  2. Uyen Kim Huynh
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    Anthony J. Marsella

  2. Alpharetta, GA, USA

    Anthony J. Marsella

  3. 8925 Nesbit Lakes Drive, Alpharetta 30022, USA

    Anthony J. Marsella

  4. Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Jeannette L. Johnson

  5. National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vermont, USA

    Patricia Watson

  6. Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Jan Gryczynski

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Kaplan, A.S., Huynh, U.K. (2008). Working with Vietnamese Americans in Disasters. In: Marsella, A.J., Johnson, J.L., Watson, P., Gryczynski, J. (eds) Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73285-5_11

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