Making a case for telehealth: Measuring the carbon cost of health-related travel

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ellis, I ^a   Cheek, C ^a   Jaffray, L ^a   Skinner, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Environment; Health related travel; Population survey; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXHAUST GAS; FOSSIL FUEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; TASMANIA; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893490278     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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