Overview of biomedical waste management in selected Governorates in Egypt: A pilot study

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1920-1923

  Mohamed Soliman, Sahar ^a   Ibrahim Ahmed, Amel ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDS; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EGYPT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34548821891     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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