Hospital waste management status in university hospitals of the Fars province, Iran

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-305

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Vakili, Mahmood ^a   Kabir, Gholamhosein ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospital waste; University hospital; Waste management; Waste production

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; STORAGE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; IRAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STORAGE; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; IRAN; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; TRANSPORTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FARS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 3242787937     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120410001725630     Document Type: Article

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