Hospital waste generation during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-522

  Chiang, Chow F ^a   Sung, Fung C ^a   Chang, Fang H ^a   Tsai, Ching T ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744821060     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503691     Document Type: Article

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