Printed scholarly books and E-book reading devices: A comparative life cycle assessment of two book options

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 291-296

  Kozak, Greg L ^a   Keoleian, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

DIGITIZED INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC BOOK; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 0038351778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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