A study on construction waste management of a refurbishment project in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Journal of Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Lee, Yee Yie ^a   Noor, Zalina Mahmood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction waste management; Environmental aspects and impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247501226     PISSN: 13943065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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