Agricultural land use in life cycle assessment (LCA): Case studies of three vegetable oil crops

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-292

  Mattsson, Berit ^a   Cederberg, Christel ^b   Blix, Lisa ^a  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE; PESTICIDES; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIVERSITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SOIL STRUCTURES;

LAND USE;

EID: 0033680849     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(00)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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