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The scope of patient, healthcare professional and healthcare systems responsibilities to reduce the carbon footprint of inhalers: a response to commentaries
- Correspondence to Dr Joshua Parker, Medicine, Lancaster University Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK; joshua.parker{at}doctors.org.uk
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The scope of patient, healthcare professional and healthcare systems responsibilities to reduce the carbon footprint of inhalers: a response to commentaries
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- Received January 10, 2023
- Accepted January 11, 2023
- First published February 2, 2023.
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May 18, 2023
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