The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health. Previous studies have quantified the carbon emissions resulting from health care at a global level. We aimed to p...

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Published in:	The Lancet. Planetary health Vol. 4; no. 7; pp. e271 - e279
Main Authors:	Lenzen, Manfred, Malik, Arunima, Li, Mengyu, Fry, Jacob, Weisz, Helga, Pichler, Peter-Paul, Chaves, Leonardo Suveges Moreira, Capon, Anthony, Pencheon, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2020
Subjects:	Environmental Exposure - adverse effects Environmental Pollutants - adverse effects Environmental Pollution - adverse effects Global Health Health Care Sector Humans Malaria - epidemiology Risk Water Supply - statistics & numerical data
ISSN:	2542-5196, 2542-5196
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