The mining and burning of coal: effects on health and the environment

• 1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA.
• 2 Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.
• 3 Doctors for the Environment Australia, Adelaide, SA.
• 4 Perth Pain Management Centre, Perth, WA.
• 5 Murdoch University, Perth, WA.

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