Evaluation of dental waste management in two cities in Palestine

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Darwish, R O ^a   Al Khatib, I A ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; DENTIST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALESTINE; SANITATION; SHARPS DISPOSAL; VACCINATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL STAFF; DENTAL WASTE; DENTISTS; DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846020589     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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