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Epidemiologic of injuries and deaths from landmines and unexploded ordnance remained of Iraq against Iran war (the imposed war) from 1996 to 2007 in five border provinces of Islamic Republic of Iran
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Abstract: (17957 Views) |
| Background & Aim: Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination are a legacy of the 1980-1988 imposed war. Stretching from lands near the Persian Gulf to the Turkish border about 600 kilometers north. Those explosives were laid particularly in large areas of 5 border provinces in western and south-western regions including Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam and Western Azerbaijan. A wide variety of ground types were affected, including residential, agricultural and industrial range. Decontamination process has encountered difficulties through the widespread area of contamination, unavailability of landmine arrangement maps, and climate phenomena.
Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive study. We obtained data of death (677 cases) due to landmine and unexploded ordnance in 5 border provinces from April 1996 through March 2007 from Legal Medicine Organization records.
Findings: In aboved provinces, 677 fatalities including 648 male (95.7%) and 29 female (4.3%) were reported Death due to landmine was the most among the explosive elements (74.7%) and explosive bullets were (5.8%). Highest death incidence was seen in military personnel, shepherds, and farmers with 36.2%, 18.6%, and 12.7% respectively. Others were clerk, student, housewife, unemployed and... Ilam and Kurdistan provinces host the highest (34.1%) and lowest (4%) of fatalities in record respectively.
Conclusion: landmines explosions caused the highest fatality rate in war affected areas and Ilam provinces had the highest death rate. UXO is an important public health problem and appropriate education in affected areas is essentially required. |
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| Keywords: Fatalities, Explosives, Landmine, Explosives Bullets |
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Type of Article: Research Article |
Received: 2010/05/23 | Accepted: 2020/06/10 | ePublished: 2020/06/10
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