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Climate change

Should family physicians and family medicine organizations pay attention?

Alan Abelsohn, Val Rachlis and Cathy Vakil
Canadian Family Physician May 2013; 59 (5) 462-466;
Alan Abelsohn
Family physician in Toronto, Ont, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
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vol. 59 no. 5 462-466
PubMed 
23673578

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online May 14, 2013.

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  1. Alan Abelsohn, MB ChB CCFP FCFP⇑
  1. Family physician in Toronto, Ont, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Alan Abelsohn, 1466 Bathurst St, #205, Toronto, ON M5R 3S3; telephone 416 483-8111; e-mail alan.abelsohn{at}utoronto.ca
  1. Val Rachlis, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Family physician in Toronto and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
  1. Cathy Vakil, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Family physician in Kingston, Ont, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston.

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