Authors

Brett D Montgomery

MBBS, DCH, FRACGP, MMedSci, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA; General Practitioner, East Fremantle Medical Centre, East Fremantle, WA

Respiratory inhalers and the environment

Respiratory inhalers contribute significantly to climate change, principally because the propellant gases in pressurised metered-dose inhalers are potent global warming gases.