Biomedical waste management: Health and safety practices and extent of its use by waste handling workers
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عنوان ژورنال: ASIAN SCIENCE
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0973-4740,0976-7959
DOI: 10.15740/has/as/11.2/117-120