Healthcare waste management in developing countries

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - Challenges of the Millennium: Proceedings of the 26th WEDC Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 198-201

  Rahman, Habibur ^a   Ali, Mansoor ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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