Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 12 , Pages 761-764 , December 2009

What can health professionals contribute to the challenge of sustainability?

  • G. McCartney

      Affiliations

    • MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 141 357 3949.
    • ,
  • P. Hanlon

      Affiliations

    • Section of Public Health and Health Policy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 7 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00262-5

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.008

Public Health
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