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When Climate Change Shows Up in the Exam Room

Joanna G. Katzman, Stefan Wheat and Ann S. Christiano
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine December 2023, jabfm.2023.230200R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230200R1
Joanna G. Katzman
From the Director, Public Health Initiatives, Project ECHO, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, (JGK), Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (SW), Department of Public Relations, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (ASC)
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