The Eco-Indicator 98 explained

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 352-360

  Gocdkoop, Mark ^a   Hofstetter, Patrick ^b   Müller Wenk, Ruedi ^c   Spriemsma, Renilde ^a  

^a PRé Consultants   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HSG IWOE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DALY concept; Damage categories; Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY); Eco Indicator 98; Ecosystem health; Fate analysis; Human health; Land use; Management system for value choices; Modelling resources and land use; PAF concept; Potentially Affected Fraction (PAF); Resources; Safeguard subjects; Supply of

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032424782     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02979347     Document Type: Article

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