Open AccessEstimated Global Disease Burden From US Health Care Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Author(s) -
Matthew J. Eckelman,
Jodi D. Sherman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.303846
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , environmental health , public health , climate change , damages , disease burden , health care , environmental science , global warming , greenhouse effect , natural resource economics , disease , medicine , business , population , economic growth , economics , ecology , political science , nursing , pathology , law , biology
To quantify the increased disease burden caused by US health care sector life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 614 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2013.
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