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Anti-Personnel Landmines: The Next Bold Step…

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Ronald D. Stewart*
Affiliation:
Professor of Community Health and Epidemiology, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 411
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1998

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