Green healthcare: What is happening now?

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Yellowlees, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; MERCURY; PLASTIC;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COOLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEATING; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SOLID WASTE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKPLACE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; POLICY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49449087331     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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