In this paper, we try to address this comprehensive approach by using indicators for measurement of aforementioned aspects and by applying fuzzy mathematical programming to design a multi-echelon multi-period multi-objective model for a sustainable reverse logistics network.
Socioeconomic status was assessed by using indicators such ownership of mobile phones, radio, bicycle, cattle and monthly family income.
In animal models and healthy volunteers, early studies indicated the general ability of EBCT to determine blood flow and the effect of adenosine by using indicator dilution methods [52, 53].
Based on the concept of social class by Max Weber [ 5], social epidemiologists frequently use indicators of 'life chances' such as education, occupation and income to measure social inequality.
Serum ferritin concentration is by far the most commonly used indicator of body iron stores in epidemiological studies.
At country-level evidence suggests that income inequality, measured by the GINI index, a commonly used indicator of income inequality, also had a positive association with bullying in HIC [ 10, 34].
However, biodiversity could be measured by using several indicators of the Sustainability Indicator Set (SIS), as some of them measure driving forces considered as mainly responsible for the loss of biodiversity [61].
The measurement of spatial patterns is accomplished by using the indicators of compactness index and entropy.
The efficacy of the programme on breast cancer mortality in the ES area has been evaluated for the period 1977 1984 by means of case control studies (Palli et al, 1986 , 1989, and by using early indicators of efficacy (Paci et al, 1990).
