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Women Pose Innocent Victims of Landmines in Postwar Iran
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نویسنده
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Soroush AR ,Flahati F ,Zargar M ,Soroush MR ,Khateri S ,Khaji A
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منبع
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iranian journal of public health - 2010 - دوره : 39 - شماره : 1 - صفحه:32 -35
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چکیده
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Background: although in the last few years there has been an increasing attention to the problem of landmines, to date, theimplications of women being victims of landmine has not been duly dealt with in the world including iran, which isestimated to be the second most landmine infested country in the world. still, provinces by the west border of iran, 18 years after cessation of iraq-iran war suffer from the burden of vast areas, highly infested with landmines. this study aimed toprovide a gender focused insight into landmine accidents in iran.methods: in this retrospective study, women with documented deaths or injuries due to landmine and/or unexplodedordnances (uxo) explosions as documented in their medical records between jul 1988 (after ceasefire) and feb 2003 werestudied in 5 western provinces of iran. data was analyzed by spss for windows version 11.p value under 0.05 was consideredstatistically significantresults: during the 14-year study period, 252 women from 5 western provinces of iran were reported to have injuries ordeath due to landmine and uxos. all of the victims were civilians and the majority of them (47.6%) had one or moreamputations. most of them were injured in the period between1994 and 1998. the majority of the patients were young.conclusion: women who should take care of themselves as well as their families are more prone to sufferings inflicted bylandmines and uxo.
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کلیدواژه
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Women ,War ,Epidemiology ,Iran
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آدرس
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tehran university of medical sciences tums, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, ایران, Janbazan Medical & Engineering Research center, ایران, Janbazan Medical & Engineering Research center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, ایران, Janbazan Medical & Engineering Research center, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, ایران
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پست الکترونیکی
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f.falahati@gmail.com
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