Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War

Affiliations

¹ The BMJ, London, United Kingdom.
² Health Sciences School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
³ Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
⁵ Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁶ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
⁷ International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Boston, MA, United States.
⁸ The Lancet, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁰ School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States.
¹² New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
¹³ National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi, India.
¹⁴ Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
¹⁵ East African Medical Journal, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁶ World Association of Medical Editors, Winchester, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Kamran Abbasi et al. Public Health Rev. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 15:44:1606533.

doi: 10.3389/phrs.2023.1606533. eCollection 2023.

¹ The BMJ, London, United Kingdom.
² Health Sciences School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
³ Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
⁵ Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁶ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
⁷ International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Boston, MA, United States.
⁸ The Lancet, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁰ School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States.
¹² New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
¹³ National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi, India.
¹⁴ Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
¹⁵ East African Medical Journal, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁶ World Association of Medical Editors, Winchester, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: nuclear war; nuclear weapons; public health emergencies; public health policies; public health policy.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest.

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