Are international medical conferences an outdated luxury the planet can’t afford? Yes

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7659, 2008, Pages 1466-

  Green, Malcolm ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLICATION; TRAVEL; VIDEOCONFERENCING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TRAVEL; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 47149091673     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a358     Document Type: Article

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