Promoting environmentally responsible health care

Canadian Nurse

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-26

  Gaudry, Jacqueline ^a   Skiehar, Kimberly ^a  

^a REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical toxins and health care; Environment; Environmental strategies; Environmentally responsible health care; Green health care

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONGRESSES; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846391326     PISSN: 00084581     EISSN: 14925494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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