The Human Toxicity Potential and a strategy for evaluating model performance in Life Cycle Impact Assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 106-109

  McKone, Thomas E ^a   Hertwich, Edgar G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Human toxicity potential; InLCA; Life cycle impact; Model performance; Model uncertainty; Multimedia models; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0035066580     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02977846     Document Type: Article

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