Composition and production rate of dental solid waste and associated management practices in Hamadan, Iran

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 619-624

  Nabizadeh, Ramin ^a   Koolivand, Ali ^a   Jafari, Ahmad Jonidi ^b   Yunesian, Massoud ^a   Omrani, Gasemali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

dental offices; Dental solid waste; Hamadan; Iran; potentially infectious waste; waste management

Indexed keywords

DENTAL OFFICES; DENTAL SOLID WASTES; HAMADAN; INFECTIOUS WASTES; IRAN;

BODY FLUIDS; CONSERVATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTISTRY; GYPSUM; SEPARATION; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTES;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM SULFATE; LATEX; NYLON;

DENTAL HEALTH; DOMESTIC WASTE; GYPSUM; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SOLID WASTE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; DENTURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IRAN; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL GLOVE;

DENTAL WASTE; IRAN; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL;

HAMADAN; IRAN;

EID: 84862260786     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11412110     Document Type: Article

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