Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before they End Us

Authors

  • Kamran Abbasi Editor-in-Chief. BMJ. London. United Kingdom.
  • Parveen Ali Editor-in-Chief. International Nursing Review. Geneva. Switzerland.
  • Virginia Barbour Editor-in-Chief. Medical Journal of Australia. Sydney. New South Wales. Austrália.
  • Marion Birch Editor-in-Chief. Medact & University College London. London. United Kingdom.
  • Inga Blum At-large Board Member. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Peter Doherty 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
  • Andy Haines London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Ira Helfand Past President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Richard Horton Editor-in-Chief. The Lancet. London. United Kingdom.
  • Kati Juva Co-President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Jose F. Lapena Jr. Vice-President. World Association of Medical Editors.
  • Robert Mash Editor-in-Chief. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. Cape Town. South Africa.
  • Olga Mironova Co-President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Arun Mitra Past President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Carlos Monteiro Editor-in-Chief. Revista de Saúde Pública: Lisbon. Portugal.
  • Elena N. Naumova Editor-in-Chief. Journal of Public Health Policy.
  • David Onazi Co-President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Tilman Ruff Past President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Peush Sahni Editor-in-Chief. National Medical Journal of India. New Delhi. India.
  • James Tumwine Editor-in-Chief. African Health Sciences. Kampala. Uganda.
  • Carlos Umaña Co-President. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Malden. Massachusetts. United States of America.
  • Paul Yonga Editor-in-Chief. East African Medical Journal. Nairobi. Kenya.
  • Chris Zielinski President. World Association of Medical Editors.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.23271

Keywords:

International Cooperation, Nuclear Weapons, Public Health

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2025-06-02

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Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Birch M, Blum I, Doherty P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Juva K, F. Lapena Jr. J, Mash R, Mironova O, Mitra A, Monteiro C, N. Naumova E, Onazi D, Ruff T, Sahni P, Tumwine J, Umaña C, Yonga P, Zielinski C. Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before they End Us. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 2 [cited 2025 Dec. 16];38(6-7):357-9. Available from: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/23271

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