Resolving complexities in healthcare waste management: A goal programming approach

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-232

  Chaerul, Mochammad ^a,c   Tanaka, Masaru ^b   Shekdar, Ashok V ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Healthcare waste; Infection control; Multiple objectives; Priority structure; Safety protection; Trans shipment goal programming; Wmr 1011 6

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; PLANNING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

HEALTHCARE WASTE; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; TRANS-SHIPMENT GOAL PROGRAMMING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; PLANNING; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; SAFETY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LANDFILL; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTECTION; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RECYCLING; SAFETY; SHARPS DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPILLAGE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SAFETY;

EID: 44649169640     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07076939     Document Type: Article

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