Small Devices, Big Problems: Addressing the Global Warming Potential of Metered-Dose Inhalers

Alexander S Rabin^{1

2}, Emily A Harlan², Alexander J Ambinder³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and.
³ Department of Oncology, Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Alexander S Rabin et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;19(7):1090-1092.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202202-131VP.

Alexander S Rabin^{1

2}, Emily A Harlan², Alexander J Ambinder³

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and.
³ Department of Oncology, Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

No abstract available

Figures

Not All Inhaled Medicines Are Equal.
Pleasants RA, Tilley SL. Pleasants RA, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Nov;19(11):1948-1949. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202207-605LE. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022. PMID: 35939807 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Reply: Not All Inhaled Medicines Are Equal.
Rabin AS, Harlan EA, Ambinder AJ. Rabin AS, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Nov;19(11):1949-1950. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202208-670LE. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022. PMID: 35939822 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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