Life-Cycle Global Warming Impact of CFCs and CFC-substitutes for Refrigeration

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 71-91

  Papasavva, Stella ^a   Moomaw, William R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFCs; Global warming; Life cycle impact assessment; Materials accounting; Refrigeration; Substance flow analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003251614     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1997.1.4.71     Document Type: Article

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