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Using Opinion Surveys to Track the Public's Response to a Bioterrorist Attack

ROBERT J. BLENDON Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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JOHN M. BENSON Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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CATHERINE M. DESROCHES Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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KATHLEEN J. WELDON Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 83-92 | Published online: 15 Dec 2010

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