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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023)
Reducing the risks of nuclear war - The role of health professionals
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Published: 21 August 2023
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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 [...].
Note: this Editorial is being published simultaneously in multiple journals. For the full list of journals see: https://www.bmj.com/content/full-list-authors-and-signatories-nuclear-risk-editorial-august-2023.
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Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MG, Haines A, et al. Reducing the risks of nuclear war - The role of health professionals. Bleeding Thromb Vascul Biol [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 21 [cited 2025 Dec. 13];2(3). Available from: https://www.btvb.org/btvb/article/view/94
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