A multi-country epidemiological analysis of mortality from landmines and other explosive ordnance
This research highlights the lethality of explosive weapons among local casualties, with a case fatality rate significantly higher than that observed in high-resource civilian or military trauma systems, illustrating the deadliness and indiscriminate nature of these devices. The findings of this analysis can inform injury prevention and trauma care initiatives targeting preventable death and disability for casualties of explosive ordnance.
Authors
- Michael Waller
- JO Durham
- Stacey Pizzino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-231X)
- Hannah Wild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0974-0956)
- Vivienne Tippett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-0089)
Institutions
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Washington (US)
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (AU)
- Gezhouba Explosive (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01430-y
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Australian Government