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Titre :	Proliferation of nuclear weapons : Opportunities for control and abolition : Weapons of mass destruction. (2007)
Auteurs :	SIDEL (Victor-W) : USA. Montefiore Medical Center. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Bronx. NY. ; Barry-S Levy
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 97, n° 9, 2007)
Pagination :	1589-1594
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Radioactivité ; Surveillance ; Contrôle ; Homme
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS rE2R0xqc. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public health. "Horizontal" proliferation refers to nation-states or nonstate entities that do not have, but are acquiring, nuclear weapons or developing the capability and materials for producing them. "Vertical" proliferation refers to nation-states that do possess nuclear weapons and are increasing their stockpiles of these weapons, improving the technical sophistication or reliability of their weapons, or developing new weapons. Because nation-states or other entities that wish to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons need methods for delivering those weapons, proliferation of delivery mechanisms must also be prevented. Controlling proliferation-and ultimately abolishing nuclear weapons-involves national governments, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental and professional organizations, and society at large.

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