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Greener medical homes

Environmental responsibility in family medicine

Elaine Blau, Farhan M. Asrar, Neil Arya, Ingeborg Schabort, Alan Abelsohn and David Price
Canadian Family Physician May 2016; 62 (5) 381-384;
Elaine Blau
Assistant Clinical Professor and Rural Stream Residency Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
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Farhan M. Asrar
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed with the Division of Clinical Public Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, and a member of the CFPC-OCFP Environmental Health Committee (EHC).
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  • For correspondence: farhan.asrar@utoronto.ca
Neil Arya
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Ont, and past Chair of the EHC.
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Ingeborg Schabort
Associate Professor, Academic Half Day Coordinator, and International Medical Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
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Alan Abelsohn
Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in Ontario, and was founder and first Chair of the EHC.
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David Price
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vol. 62 no. 5 381-384
PubMed 
27255617

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
History 
  • Published online May 12, 2016.

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  1. Elaine Blau, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Assistant Clinical Professor and Rural Stream Residency Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Farhan M. Asrar, MD MSc MPH CCFP⇑
  1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed with the Division of Clinical Public Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, and a member of the CFPC-OCFP Environmental Health Committee (EHC).
  1. Correspondence: Dr Farhan M. Asrar; e-mail farhan.asrar{at}utoronto.ca
  1. Neil Arya, MD CCFP FCFP D Litt
  1. Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Ont, and past Chair of the EHC.
  1. Ingeborg Schabort, MB ChB CCFP FCFP
  1. Associate Professor, Academic Half Day Coordinator, and International Medical Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
  1. Alan Abelsohn, MB ChB CCFP FCFP
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in Ontario, and was founder and first Chair of the EHC.
  1. David Price, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Professor in and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, and Chief of Family Medicine at Hamilton Health Sciences.

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