Moulton and Benini identified risk factors for landmine injuries in a community based on studies performed in Chad and Thailand. The authors are from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Global Landmine Survey in Washington, D.C.
People in a community are more likely to experience landmine injuries if:
(1) people in an adjacent community have had landmine injuries
(2) the landmines were placed recently (in the past 2 years)
(3) the community is large
(4) the mines were placed to block access to important resources such as water or pastures
(5) presence of unexploded ordnance or anti-tank mines
where:
• An anti-tank mine usually requires a greater pressure to explode.
• In World War II the presence of dead or injured animals was a sign of nearby mines.
• Item 3 might be rewritten: the community and/or number of landmines is large
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