The US Health Care Sector's Carbon Footprint: Stomping or Treading Lightly?

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Editorial

Howard Frumkin. Am J Public Health. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;108(S2):S56-S57.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304160. Epub 2017 Oct 26.

¹ Howard Frumkin is with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle.

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Estimated Global Disease Burden From US Health Care Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Eckelman MJ, Sherman JD. Eckelman MJ, et al. Am J Public Health. 2018 Apr;108(S2):S120-S122. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303846. Epub 2017 Oct 26. Am J Public Health. 2018. PMID: 29072942 Free PMC article.

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