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A call-to-action for sustainability in dialysis in Brazil

Human-induced climate change has been an increasing concern in recent years. Nephrology, especially in the dialysis setting, has significant negative environmental impact worldwide, as it uses large amounts of water and energy and generates thousands of tons of waste. While our activities make us re...

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Autores principales: Moura-Neto, José A., Barraclough, Katherine, Agar, John W. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6979574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31268113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2019-0014
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description Human-induced climate change has been an increasing concern in recent years. Nephrology, especially in the dialysis setting, has significant negative environmental impact worldwide, as it uses large amounts of water and energy and generates thousands of tons of waste. While our activities make us responsible agents, there are also several opportunities to change the game, both individually and as a society. This call-to-action intends to raise awareness about environmentally sustainable practices in dialysis and encourages this important discussion in Brazil.
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spelling pubmed-69795742020-02-06 A call-to-action for sustainability in dialysis in Brazil Moura-Neto, José A. Barraclough, Katherine Agar, John W. M. J Bras Nefrol Perspectives/Opinion Human-induced climate change has been an increasing concern in recent years. Nephrology, especially in the dialysis setting, has significant negative environmental impact worldwide, as it uses large amounts of water and energy and generates thousands of tons of waste. While our activities make us responsible agents, there are also several opportunities to change the game, both individually and as a society. This call-to-action intends to raise awareness about environmentally sustainable practices in dialysis and encourages this important discussion in Brazil. Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2019-06-27 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6979574/ /pubmed/31268113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2019-0014 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A call-to-action for sustainability in dialysis in Brazil
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title_full A call-to-action for sustainability in dialysis in Brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6979574/
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