Land mines mostly affect civilians but medical care often inadequate  

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Zarocostas, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7628 (Nov. 2007), page 1014.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Land mines and other explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions, claimed 5751 casualties—including 1367 people killed and 4296 injured—in 68 countries in 2006. Civilians made up three quarters of all victims, a global report says. Overall, children—almost all boys—accounted for one third of civilian victims. In some places most casualties were children. In Afghanistan they accounted for 59% of casualties, Palestine 67%, Somalia 66%, Ethiopia 62%, Nepal 53%, Mozambique 49%, Vietnam 44%, the Democratic Republic of Congo 42%, and Laos 41%. One quarter of casualties were military staff. "Deminers," carrying out clearance activities, accounted for 1%. The report estimates the current global number of survivors at 473 000, "with many needing life long care." Last year's total is a 16% drop on 2005, and fewer than half the 11 700 new casualties reported in 2002, it says, and attributes the drop to the positive effect of the 1997 global . . .

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