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. 2022 Mar 28;194(12):E460.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211747.

Pressurized metered-dose inhalers and their impact on climate change

Lee Fidler  1 , Samantha Green  1 , Kimberly Wintemute  1
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Pressurized metered-dose inhalers and their impact on climate change

Lee Fidler et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Lee Fidler reports receiving grants from the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Hospital Academic Funding Plan. Samantha Green reports board membership of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (volunteer position). Kimberly Wintemute reports receiving salary support from Choosing Wisely Canada (2015–2021), consulting fees from Manitoba Justice, Office of the Crown Attorney (2021), honoraria from Safer-MedsNL for a presentation, and payment for expert testimony for the Office of the Crown Attorney, Halton Region, Ontario.

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