Reducing the environmental impact of trials: A comparison of the carbon footprint of the CRASH-1 and CRASH-2 clinical trials

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Subaiya, Saleena ^a   Hogg, Euan ^b   Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Edinburgh Centre for Toxicology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BRAIN INJURIES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 79952011930     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-31     Document Type: Article

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