Sustainable management measures for healthcare waste in China

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1996-2004

  Yang, Chen ^a,b,c   Peijun, Li ^a,b   Lupi, Carlo ^d   Yangzhao, Sun ^e   Diandou, Xu ^c   Qian, Feng ^a,b   Shasha, Fu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (Italy)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES; CONSTRUCTION PLANS; DISPOSAL FACILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERVISIONS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HEALTHCARE WASTES; HOLISTIC APPROACHES; INCINERATION TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE-CYCLE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SMALL SIZES; STOCKHOLM; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTS; TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATIONS; TRAINING SYSTEMS;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; LAW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 63149153262     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.031     Document Type: Article

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