Citation

Walsh NE, Walsh WS. Bull. World Health Organ. 2003; 81(9): 665-670.

Affiliation

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, South Texas Veterans Health System, San Antonio, TX, USA. walshn@uthscsa.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, World Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14710508

PMCID

PMC2572531

Abstract

Antipersonnel landmines are often used indiscriminately and frequently result in injury or death of non-combatants. In the last 65 years, over 110 million mines have been spread throughout the world into an estimated 70 countries. Landmine victims use a disproportionately high amount of medical resources; the vast majority of incidents occur in regions and countries without a sophisticated medical infrastructure and with limited resources, where rehabilitation is difficult in the best of circumstances. It is suggested that only a quarter of the patients with amputation secondary to landmines receive appropriate care.

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