Selection of infectious medical waste disposal firms by using the analytic hierarchy process and sensitivity analysis

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1386-1394

  Hsu, Pi Fang ^a   Wu, Cheng Ru ^b   Li, Ya Ting ^b  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOSPITALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); MEDICAL WASTES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOSPITALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44149115713     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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