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Trusted Information Sources Used During and After Superstorm Sandy: TV and Radio were Used More Often than Social Media

Joanna Burger Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael Gochfeld Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Christian Jeitner Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Taryn Pittfield Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Mark Donio Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Pages 1138-1150 | Received 30 Jul 2013, Accepted 10 Sep 2013, Published online: 26 Nov 2013

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