Assessment of medical wastes management practice: A case study of the northern part of Jordan

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 746-759

  Bdour, A ^a   Altrabsheh, B ^a   Hadadin, N ^a   Al Shareif, M ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY;

INFECTIONS; MEDICAL WASTES; PATHOLOGICAL WASTES; WASTE VOLUME;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOMESTIC WASTE; HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOMESTIC WASTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; JORDAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JORDAN; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRBID [JORDAN]; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33947492509     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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