The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Lenzen, Manfred; Malik, Arunima; Mengyu, Li; Fry, Jacob; Weisz, Helga; Pichler, Peter-Paul; Chaves, Leonardo Suveges Moreira; Capon, Anthony; Pencheon, David

doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30121-2

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The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

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Lenzen, Manfred
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Malik, Arunima
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Mengyu, Li
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Fry, Jacob
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Weisz, Helga
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Pichler, Peter-Paul
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Chaves, Leonardo Suveges Moreira
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Capon, Anthony
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Pencheon, David
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Lenzen, M., Malik, A., Mengyu, L., Fry, J., Weisz, H., Pichler, P.-P., Chaves, L. S. M., Capon, A., Pencheon, D. (2020): The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment. - The Lancet Planetary Health, 4, 7, e271-e279.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30121-2

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Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health. Previous studies have quantified the carbon emissions resulting from health care at a global level. We aimed to provide a global assessment of the wide-ranging environmental impacts of this sector.