Reducing the risks of nuclear war – the role of health professionals

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2023-09-14

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Vol. 57 No. 1 (2023)

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Copyright (c) 2023 Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Bob Mash, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N. Naumova, Eric J. Rubin, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

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Abbasi, K., Ali, P., Barbour, V., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Rikkert, M. G. O., Haines, A., Helfand, I., Horton, R., Mash, B., Mitra, A., Monteiro, C., Naumova, E. N., Rubin, E. J., Ruff, T., Sahni, P., Tumwine, J., Yonga, P., & Zielinski, C. (2023). Reducing the risks of nuclear war – the role of health professionals. Revista De Saúde Pública, 57(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.20230570001ed