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These are the slides from the Saving Resources, Improving Health: Sustainable Occupational Therapy in Practiceevent at COT HQ on November 21st 2014.
The day's consensus statement can be found here…
Published date
October 2014
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Roschnik, S., Whittaker, B., Hindle, L. & Smyth, G.
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Duane et al. “Taking a bite out of Scotland's dental carbon emissions in the transition to a low carbon future.” Public Health 2012…
Published date
September 2012
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Duane, B., Hyland, J., Rowan, J. S. & Archibald, B
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