Environmental sustainability in the national health service in England

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 609-612

  Griffiths, Jenny ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental sustainability; NHS, health care organisations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745507921     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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