The shipbreaking industry in Turkey: environmental, safety and health issues

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-358

  Neşer, Gökdeniz ^a   Ünsalan, Deniz ^a   Tekoǧul, Nermin ^a   Stuer Lauridsen, Frank ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alia a; Basel Convention; Environment; Green recycling; Hazardous wastes; Occupational health; Pollution; Shipbreaking; Working safety

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INVESTMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CASH FLOW; INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION; MANUAL LABOR; SHIPBREAKING YARDS;

SHIPYARDS;

EID: 35549012874     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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