Life Cycle Assessment: From the beginning to the current state

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Klöpffer, Walter ^a  

^a WG Assess of Chem Prod and Syst   (Germany)

Author keywords

Club of Rome; Code of Practice; Environmental assessment; Goal definition and scoping; History, LCA; Impact assessment; Improvement assessment; Interpretation assessment; Inventory analysis; Inventory Table; ISOLP; LCA; Life Cycle Assessment; SETAC; SPOLD

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0030732426     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02986351     Document Type: Review

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