Invited Perspective: Life Cycle Analysis: A Potentially Transformative Tool for Lowering Health Care's Carbon Footprint

Jeremy J Hess^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Comment

Jeremy J Hess et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;129(7):71302.

doi: 10.1289/EHP9630. Epub 2021 Jul 12.

Jeremy J Hess^{1

2}, Renee N Salas^{3

4

5}

¹ Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Operating in a Climate Crisis: A State-of-the-Science Review of Life Cycle Assessment within Surgical and Anesthetic Care.
Drew J, Christie SD, Tyedmers P, Smith-Forrester J, Rainham D. Drew J, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 Jul;129(7):76001. doi: 10.1289/EHP8666. Epub 2021 Jul 12. Environ Health Perspect. 2021. PMID: 34251875 Free PMC article. Review.

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