Assessment of medical waste management in educational hospitals of Tehran University Medical Sciences

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Dehghani, M Hadi ^a   Azam, K ^a   Changani, F ^a   Dehghani Fard, E ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Healthcare hospital; Management; Medical waste; Transportation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 44649097857     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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