BMJ : British medical journal
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To examine the link between different weapons used in modern wars and their potential to injury civilians. ⋯ The proportion of civilians injured differs between weapon systems. The higher proportion injured by fragments and mines is explicable in terms of the military efficiency of weapons, the distance between user and victim, and the effect that the kind of weapon has on the psychology of the user.
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To examine the prevalence of bullying behaviours in schoolchildren and the association of bullying with psychological and psychosomatic health. ⋯ Being bullied seems to be widespread in schools in New South Wales and is associated with increased psychosomatic symptoms and poor mental health. Health practitioners evaluating students with common psychological and psychosomatic symptoms should consider bullying and the student's school environment as potential causes.