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Editorial
. 2021 Nov 12;9(11):E1752-E1753.
doi: 10.1055/a-1546-8975. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Let's urgently engage ourselves in "greening" endoscopy to address ecological issues!

Mathieu Pioche  1 , Thomas Lambin  2 , Jérôme Rivory  1
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Editorial

Let's urgently engage ourselves in "greening" endoscopy to address ecological issues!

Mathieu Pioche et al. Endosc Int Open. .
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