Landmines and explosive remnants of war: a health threat not to be ignored
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Landmines and explosive remnants of war: a health threat not to be ignored.
Editorials 160 Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) continue to kill, injure and destroy lives and livelihoods. They cause an estimated 11 to 12 casualties daily and are not confined to a single part of the world. The six countries with the highest landmine and ERW casualties in 2011 – Afghanistan, Cambodia, Colombia, Myanmar, Pakistan and South Sudan – belonged to different regions. 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.13.118885