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Planetary Health and Radiology: Why We Should Care and What We Can Do

Hayley McKee, M. J. Brown, Helen H. R. Kim, Florence X. Doo, Hayley Panet, Andrea Rockall, Reed A. Omary, Kate Hanneman

2024Radiology70 citationsDOI

Abstract

Immediate action is needed to sustain planetary health by implementing mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in radiology and adaptation strategies that build resiliency to the effects of climate change.

Topics & Concepts

MedicineHealth careRadiologyMEDLINEMedical physicsEconomicsPolitical scienceEconomic growthLawClimate Change and Health ImpactsRadiation Dose and ImagingHealthcare cost, quality, practices