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. 2020 Feb;113(2):49-53.
doi: 10.1177/0141076819890554.

Plastics in healthcare: time for a re-evaluation

Chantelle Rizan  1   2   3 , Frances Mortimer  2 , Rachel Stancliffe  2 , Mahmood F Bhutta  1   4
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Plastics in healthcare: time for a re-evaluation

Chantelle Rizan et al. J R Soc Med. 2020 Feb.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J R Soc Med. 2020 Jul;113(7):288. doi: 10.1177/0141076820942469. J R Soc Med. 2020. PMID: 32663421 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Development of major plastics and their subsequent healthcare applications along with increase in annual global plastics production over time (adapted from Modjarrad and Ebnesajjad).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
101 single-use pieces of plastic, generated by one typical adenotonsillectomy operation.
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