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Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Healthcare Waste and Resource Potential Assessment

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 26 (2022): Issue 1 (January 2022)
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|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 64 - 74
Published on: Feb 14, 2022
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
circular economy,
multicriteria decision analysis,
resource recovery,
valuable health care waste
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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