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  • 1British Medical Journal, London, UK.
  • 2International Nursing Review, Sheffield, UK.
  • 3Medical Journal of Australia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
  • 4Medact & University College London, London, UK.
  • 5International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Hamburg, Germany.
  • 61996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • 7London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
  • 8International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Springfield, MA, USA.
  • 9The Lancet, London, UK.
  • 10International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 11World Association of Medical Editors, Manila, Philippines.
  • 12African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • 13International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Moscow, Russia.
  • 14International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Ludhiana, India.
  • 15Revista de Saúde Pública, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
  • 16Journal of Public Health Policy, Boston, MA, USA.
  • 17International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Abuja, Nigeria.
  • 18International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • 19National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi, India.
  • 20African Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
  • 21International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Costa Rica, Costa Rica.
  • 22East African Medical Journal, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • 23World Association of Medical Editors, Winchester, UK. czielinski@ippnw.org.
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June 11, 2025

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