Dental perspective on biomedical waste and mercury management: A knowledge, attitude, and practice survey

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-375

  Sood, Ashima Garg ^a   Sood, Abhinav ^b  

^a Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomedical waste; dental amalgam; hazardous waste; survey

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL WASTE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855221262     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 19983603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.87055     Document Type: Review

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