Physicians and the environment

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 956-958

  Auerbach, Paul S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OZONE LAYER; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; HEALTH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; OZONE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40349103261     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.8.956     Document Type: Note

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