Status of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) activities in the Nordic Region

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 315-320

  Hanssen, Ole J ^a,b  

^a Ostfold Research   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Applications; Industrial sectors; LCA software systems; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Methodology; Nordic region; Status report

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032752541     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978519     Document Type: Review

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