Report: The assessment of hospital waste management: A case study in Tehran

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-308

  Arab, Mohammad ^a   Baghbari, Rouhollah Askari ^b   Tajvar, Maryam ^a,b   Pourreza, Abolghasem ^a   Omrani, Ghasemali ^a   Mahmoudi, Mahmoud ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital waste; Iran; Tehran; Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS); Waste; Waste management; wmr 1396 1

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; REMOVAL; SEPARATION;

HOSPITAL WASTE; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE STORAGE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; REMOVAL; SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; IRAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

IRAN; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 44649199189     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08093598     Document Type: Article

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