Key factors for civilian injuries and deaths from exploding landmines and ordnance
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Seen but not heard: injuries and deaths from landmines and unexploded ordnance in Chechnya, 1994-2005.
INTRODUCTION Due to more than a decade of armed conflict and civil unrest, Chechnya is among the regions most affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance worldwide. HYPOTHESIS The study was performed to assess the magnitude of injuries and deaths due to landmines and unexploded ordnance in Chechnya between 1994 and 2005 and to describe epidemiologic patterns and risk factors for these event...
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Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York James R. Jett, MD Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Ugo Pastorino, MD Division of Thoracic Surgery Istituto Tumori Milan, Italy Melvyn S. Tockman, MD, PhD Department of Cancer Prevention and Control Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa,...
متن کاملDeath and injury from landmines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan.
CONTEXT Afghanistan is one of the countries most affected by injuries due to landmines and unexploded ordnance. OBJECTIVE To understand the epidemiological patterns and risk factors for injury due to landmines and unexploded ordnance. DESIGN AND SETTING Analysis of surveillance data on landmine and unexploded ordnance injuries in Afghanistan collected by the International Committee of the R...
متن کاملThe lasting legacy of war: epidemiology of injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan, 2002-2006.
INTRODUCTION Due to several decades of armed conflict and civil unrest, Afghanistan is one of the countries most affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance worldwide. OBJECTIVE The study was performed to assess the magnitude of injuries due to landmines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan during 2002-2006 and to describe epidemiological patterns and potential risk factors for these even...
متن کاملInjuries and deaths caused by unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan: review of surveillance data, 1997-2002.
We reviewed the surveillance database on injuries due to unexploded ordnance and landmines maintained by the United Nations Mine Action Center for Afghanistan. About 70% of records in the database came from the clinic based surveillance system operated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which, in 2002, included 390 health facilities. Other data were collected through mine clearanc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1353-8047
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.011304