Inapt management of menstrual hygiene waste (MHW): An urgent global environmental and public health challenge in developed and developing countries

Menstrual hygiene waste management has received lack of attention and hence it has been poorly investigated, mainly due to its association to social and cultural aspects of a natural process, that is often surrounded of entrenched stigma and taboos. Therefore, data about quantities and full lifecycl...

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Main Authors: Uttpal Anand, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Abhijit Dey, Sunita Varjani, Elza Bontempi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022011471