Priority assessment of toxic substances in life cycle assessment. Part I: Calculation of toxicity potentials for 181 substances with the nested multi-media fate, exposure and effects model USES-LCA

Chemosphere

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 541-573

  Huijbregts, M A J ^a   Thissen, U ^b   Guinee J B ^c   Jager, T ^d   Kalf, D ^d   Van De Meent, D ^d   Ragas, A M J ^b   Wegener Sleeswijk, A ^c   Reijnders, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Human toxicity; LCA; Toxicity potentials; Weighting scheme

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; HALIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIFE CYCLE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0034095345     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(00)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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