Management of hazardous medical waste in Croatia

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1049-1056

  Marinković, Natalija ^a   Vitale, Ksenija ^a   Holcer, Nataša Janev ^a   Džakula, Aleksandar ^a   Pavić, Tomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LAND FILL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH CARE; LAND FILL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATOR; LANDFILL; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CROATIA; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40849113089     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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