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Mor, R., Singh, S., Bhardwaj, A & Osama, M. (2017). Exploring the awareness level of biomedical waste management: Case of Indian healthcare.Management Science Letters , 7(10), 467-478.
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Yan, H. J., Peng, Z. & Lu, Y. S. (2007). Degradation of PCDD/Fs by Mechanochemical treatment of fly ash from medical waste incineration. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 147(1-2), 652–657.
Yan, H. J., Zhu, M. H. & Jiang, G. X. (2009). Analysis of volatile species kinetics during typical med-ical waste materials pyrolysis using a distributed activation energy model. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 162(2-3), 646–651.
Yan, M., Li, D. X. & Lu, Y. S. (2011). Persistent organic pollutant emissions from medical waste in-cinerators in China. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 13, 213-218.
Yang, C., Peijun, L. & Lupi, C. (2009). Sustainable management measures for healthcare waste in China. Journal of Waste Management, 29(6), 1996–2004.
Young, S. T., Baird, B. C. & Pullman, M. E. (1996). POM research productivity in U.S. business schools. Journal of Operations Management, 14(1), 41-53.
Yong, Z., Gang, X., Guanxing, W., Tao, Z. & Dawei, J. (2009). Medical waste management in China: A case study of Nanjing. Waste Management, 29(4), 1376–1382.
Zhang, H. J., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, Y. & Wang, J. (2013). Investigation of medical waste management in Gansu province, China. Waste Management & Research, 31(6), 655-659.
Zhao, L., Zhang, F. S., Chen, M., Li, Z. & Wu, D. B. (2010). Typical pollutants in bottom ashes from a typical medical waste incinerator. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 173(1-3), 181-185.
Zhao, L., Zhang, F. S., Wang, K. & Zhu, J. (2008). Chemical properties of heavy metals in typical hospital waste incinerator ashes in China. Waste Management, 29(3), 1114-1121.
Alam, O., Uddin, M. S. & Hossain, M. M. (2014). Silent killing through exposure to healthcare waste under the current management practices in Chittagong. Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Mechanical Engg. & Renewable Energy, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1-3 May, 2014.
Alagöz, A. Z. & Kocasoy, G. (2008). Improvement and modification of the routing system for the healthcare waste collection and transportation in Istanbul. Waste Management, 28(8), 1461-1471.
Al-Khatib, I. A. (2006). Occupational safety of cleaning personnel in Palestinian district hospitals. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 12(5), 637-652.
Almuneef, M. & Memish Z. A. (2003). Effective medical waste management: it can be done. Ameri-can Journal of Infection Control, 31(3), 188-192.
Arshad, N., Nayyar, S., Amin, F. & Mahmood, K. T. (2011). Hospital waste management: a review article. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 3(8), 1412-1419.
Ashtekar, S., Mankad, D. & Raimane, K. (2004). Child mortality determinant in three backward dis-tricts of Maharashtra, Nandurbar, Jalna and Yavatmal. Mumbai: Indira Gandhi Institute of Devel-opment Research. Study report by BharatVaidyaka Sanstha, 1-15.
Askarian, M., Vakili, M. & Kabir, G. (2004). Hospital waste management status in university hospi-tals of the Fars province, Iran. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 14, 295-305.
Basu, M., Das, P. & Pal, R. (2012). Assessment of future physicians on biomedical waste manage-ment in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal. Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine, 3(1), 38-42.
Bdour, A., Altrabsheh, B., Hadadin, N. & Al-Shareif M. (2007). Assessment of medical wastes man-agement practice: a case study of the northern part of Jordan. Waste Management, 27(6), 746-759.
Chitnis, V., Patil S. & Chitnis, D. S. (2000). Hospital Effluent: A source of multi drug resistant bacte-ria. Current Science, 79(7), 989-991.
Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). (2002). National Guidelines on Hospital Waste Management Based upon the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules. New Delhi: MoHFW.
Joseph, L., Paul, H., Premkumar, J., Paul, R. & Michael, J. S. (2015). Biomedical waste management: Study on the awareness and practice among healthcare workers in a tertiary teaching hospital. In-dian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 33, 129-131.
Kishore, J., Goel, P., Sagar, B. & Joshi, T. K. (2000). Awareness about biomedical waste management and infection control among dentists of a teaching hospital in New Delhi. Indian Journal of Dental Research, 11(4), 157-161.
Mehta, G. (1998). Hospital Waste Management, National Guidelines (Draft) prepared for GOI/WHO project, Lady Harding Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi.
Patil, A. D. & Shekdar, A. V. (2001). Healthcare waste management in India. Journal Environment Management, 63(2), 211-220.
Rao, P. H. (2008). Report: Hospitals waste management awareness and practices: a study of three states in India. Journal of Waste management, 26(3), 297-303.
Rao, S. K. M. & Garg, R. K. (1994). A study of Hospital Waste Disposal System in Service Hospital. Journal of Academy of Hospital Administration, 6(2), 27-31.
Ravikant, C. V., Jaiswal, S. P., Vaidya, K. & Chitnis, D. S. (2002). Effluent Treatment Plant: Why and How? Journal of Academy of Hospital Administration, 14(1), 33-37.
Sandhu, T. S. & Singh, N. (2003). A Hazard Going Unnoticed – Biological Waste is a Threat to the Community at Large. The Tribune online edition, Chandigarh, India, June 30, 2003 (accessed online on July, 18, 2017).
Sharma, S. (2010). Awareness about Bio-medical waste management among healthcare personnel of some important medical centers in Agra. Int. Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 1(3), 251-255.
Silva, C. E., Hoppe, A. E., Ravanello, M. M. & Mello, N. (2005). Medical waste management in the south of Brazil. Waste Management, 25(6), 600–605.
Singh, R. (2004). Biomedical Waste. Toxics Link Fact Sheet, 20.
Sreegiri, S. & Krishna, B. G. (2009). Biomedical waste management in a tertiary level hospital in Vi-sakhapatnam. Journal of Community Medicine, 5, 1-6.
Tudor, T. L., Noonan, C. L. & Jenkin, L. E. (2005). Healthcare waste management: a case study from the National Health Service in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Waste Management, 25(6), 606-615.
W.H.O. (2005). Management of Solid Healthcare Waste at Primary Healthcare Centers- A Decision-Making Guide. W.H.O., Geneva.
Xie, R., Li, W., Li, J., Wu, B. & Yi, J. (2009). Emissions investigation for a novel medical waste in-cinerator. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 166, 365–371.
Xie, Y. & Zhu, J. (2013). Leaching toxicity and heavy metal bioavailability of medical waste incinera-tion fly ash. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 15, 440–448.
Yan, H. J., Peng, Z. & Lu, Y. S. (2007). Degradation of PCDD/Fs by Mechanochemical treatment of fly ash from medical waste incineration. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 147(1-2), 652–657.
Yan, H. J., Zhu, M. H. & Jiang, G. X. (2009). Analysis of volatile species kinetics during typical med-ical waste materials pyrolysis using a distributed activation energy model. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 162(2-3), 646–651.
Yan, M., Li, D. X. & Lu, Y. S. (2011). Persistent organic pollutant emissions from medical waste in-cinerators in China. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 13, 213-218.
Yang, C., Peijun, L. & Lupi, C. (2009). Sustainable management measures for healthcare waste in China. Journal of Waste Management, 29(6), 1996–2004.
Young, S. T., Baird, B. C. & Pullman, M. E. (1996). POM research productivity in U.S. business schools. Journal of Operations Management, 14(1), 41-53.
Yong, Z., Gang, X., Guanxing, W., Tao, Z. & Dawei, J. (2009). Medical waste management in China: A case study of Nanjing. Waste Management, 29(4), 1376–1382.
Zhang, H. J., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, Y. & Wang, J. (2013). Investigation of medical waste management in Gansu province, China. Waste Management & Research, 31(6), 655-659.
Zhao, L., Zhang, F. S., Chen, M., Li, Z. & Wu, D. B. (2010). Typical pollutants in bottom ashes from a typical medical waste incinerator. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 173(1-3), 181-185.
Zhao, L., Zhang, F. S., Wang, K. & Zhu, J. (2008). Chemical properties of heavy metals in typical hospital waste incinerator ashes in China. Waste Management, 29(3), 1114-1121.