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The Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize

What are the roles for health professionals in addressing the rising threat of the use of nuclear weapons? With particular reference to the activities of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War 1951–1963

Jack BurnettMSc Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 291-299 | Published online: 11 Jul 2023

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