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Reducing the risks of nuclear war - The role of health professionals
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In January 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to 90 seconds before midnight, reflecting the growing risk of nuclear war. In August 2022, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is now in “a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.” The danger has been underlined by growing tensions between many nuclear armed states [...].
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Abbasi, K., Ali, P., Barbour, V., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Olde Rikkert, M. G., Haines, A., … Zielinski, C. (2023). Reducing the risks of nuclear war - The role of health professionals. Bleeding, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/btvb.2023.94
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