Factors influencing treatment decisions of hazardous waste generators: A study of factories in the Bangkok region

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 486-493

  Jarusombat, Soparatana ^a   Nurul Amin, A T M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Decision; Disposal; Hazardous industrial wastes; Policy; Treatment; Waste management; wmr 352 1

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES (HIW);

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERATOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; THAILAND; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BANGKOK; THAILAND;

EID: 0036957562     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0202000602     Document Type: Article

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