Infectious waste management and laboratory design criteria

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 800-808

  Zaki, Adel N ^a   Campbell, James R ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Design; Exposure; Infectious waste; Laboratory safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL WASTE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030664767     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012306     Document Type: Article

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