Report: Healthcare waste characterization in Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-296

  Alam, Md Maksud ^a   Sujauddin, Mohammad ^a   Igbal, Gazi Mohammed Asif ^a   Huda, Syed Mohammed Shamsul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Healthcare waste; Infectious waste; Non infectious waste; Waste generation; wmr 1338 9

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

INFECTIOUS WASTE; NON-INFECTIOUS WASTE; WASTE GENERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACTION PLAN; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VEGETABLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BANGLADESH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44649119807     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07087661     Document Type: Article

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