Investigating composition and production rate of healthcare waste and associated management practices in Bandar Abbass, Iran

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 601-606

  Koolivand, Ali ^a   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a   Alipoor, Vali ^b   Azizi, Kourosh ^c   Binavapour, Mohammad ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bandar Abbas; clinics; dental offices; Healthcare waste; infectious waste; Iran; physician offices

Indexed keywords

BANDAR-ABBAS; CLINICS; DENTAL OFFICES; HEALTHCARE WASTES; INFECTIOUS WASTES; IRAN; PHYSICIAN OFFICES;

CONSERVATION; HEALTH CARE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DENTAL HEALTH; DOMESTIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DENTIST; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; IRAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SUMMER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; IRAN; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; SEASONS;

BANDAR ABBAS; HORMOZGAN; IRAN;

EID: 84862248705     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11416037     Document Type: Article

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