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Carbon Footprinting of North American Emergency Medical Services Systems

Ian E. Blanchard From Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services (IEB), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; the Anton Breinl Centre (LHB), James Cook University School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine (LHB), University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
, MSc, EMT-P &
Lawrence H. Brown, MPH&TM, on behalf of the North American EMS Emissions Study Group From Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services (IEB), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; the Anton Breinl Centre (LHB), James Cook University School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine (LHB), University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 23-29 | Received 26 Jan 2010, Accepted 13 Jun 2010, Published online: 16 Feb 2011

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