Medical and Infectious Waste Management
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Medical Waste Management and Control
Medical centers including hospitals, clinics and places where diagnosis and treatment are conducted generate wastes that are highly hazardous and put people under risk of fatal diseases. Although the understanding of medical waste management and control techniques is important, technical elective courses that are offered in undergraduate chemical, civil or environmental engineering place less e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Biological Safety Association
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1091-3505
DOI: 10.1177/109135050000500206