Sustainable anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-923

  Ryan, Susan ^a   Sherman, Jodi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84860295573     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824fcea6     Document Type: Review

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