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How Physicians Should Respond to Climate Change

Mona Sarfaty
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2024, jabfm.2023.230405R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230405R1
Mona Sarfaty
From the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University.
MD, MPH, FAAFP
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