Assessment of pharmaceutical waste management at selected hospitals and homes in Ghana

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-630

  Sasu, Samuel ^a,b   Kümmerer, Klaus ^a   Kranert, Martin ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environment; health; hospital; household; landfill; pharmaceutical waste

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL PUBLICS; HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; HOUSEHOLD; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTES; WASTE BINS;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; LAND FILL; SURVEYS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

HOSPITALS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DOMESTIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LANDFILL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SEPARATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL WASTE; HOUSEHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GHANA; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 84862269473     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11423286     Document Type: Article

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