Investigating solid waste production and associated management practices in private dental units

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1441-1448

  Kontogianni, S ^a   Xirogiannopoulou, A ^a   Karagiannidis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLID WASTES;

DENTAL WASTES; METAL-BEARING WASTE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; METAL;

DENTAL MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER;

CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL WASTE; DENTISTRY; GREECE; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 44149083540     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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