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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 30:368:m1103.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1103.

The health case for urgent action on climate change

Andy Haines  1 , Pauline Scheelbeek  2
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Editorial

The health case for urgent action on climate change

Andy Haines et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Health professionals have a leading role

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that PS receives support from the Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) project supported by the Wellcome Trust’s Our Planet, Our Health programme (grant number 205200/Z/16/Z).

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