Title
Uniting the Global Gastroenterology Community to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change and Nonrecyclable Waste
Date Issued
01 November 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Leddin D.
Omary M.B.
Veitch A.
Metz G.
Amrani N.
Aabakken L.
Ali R.A.R.
Alvares-da-Silva M.R.
Armstrong D.
Boyacioglu S.
Chen Y.
Elwakil R.
Fock K.M.
Hamid S.S.
Makharia G.
Macrae F.
Malekzadeh R.
Mulder C.J.
Perman M.L.
Sadeghi A.
Sáenz R.
Saurin J.C.
Butt A.S.
Wu K.
Lee Y.Y.
Publisher(s)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Abstract
Climate change has been described as the greatest public health threat of the 21st century. It has significant implications for digestive health. A multinational team with representation from all continents, excluding Antarctica and covering 18 countries, has formulated a commentary which outlines both the implications for digestive health and ways in which this challenge can be faced.
Start page
823
End page
829
Volume
55
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias naturales
Ciencias del medio ambiente
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85117107152
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of clinical gastroenterology
ISSN of the container
01920790
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank Sarah Williamson and Sunni Losito (American Gastroenterological Association) for assistance with figure preparation, and members of the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) executive committee for reviewing and approving the content of this commentary. They also thank Marissa Lopez and Jim Melberg for their support of the WGO Climate Change Working Group, Professor Anthony Capon, Director, Monash University, Sustainable Development Institute, for reviewing our manuscript, and Associate Professor Andrew Metz, Director of Endoscopy, Royal Melbourne Hospital, for kindly providing the images and related information displayed in Figures 2D and E.
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