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  1. Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

    Richard Williams

  2. Director Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Professor of Mental Health at University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

    David Alexander

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  1. Inspector General Military Health Care, Ministry of Defence (MOD NL), The Netherlands

    Adriaan P. C. C. Hopperus Buma

  2. Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    David G. Burris  & James M. Ryan (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine) &  (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine)

  3. Former Army Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, UK

    Alan Hawley (The Army Medical Directorate) (The Army Medical Directorate)

  4. St George's University of London, Tooting, London, UK

    James M. Ryan (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine) (Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine)

  5. Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney (Defence Professor Anaesthesia and Critical Care DMA&CC) (Defence Professor Anaesthesia and Critical Care DMA&CC)

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Williams, R., Alexander, D. (2009). Conflict, Terrorism, and Disasters: The Psychosocial Consequences for Children. In: Buma, A.P.C.C.H., Burris, D.G., Hawley, A., Ryan, J.M., Mahoney, P.F. (eds) Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-352-1_33

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