Impact characterization in the tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts: Methods for acidification, eutrophication, and ozone formation

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 79-101

  Norris, Gregory A ^a,b,c  

^a Sylvatica   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Eutrophication; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Smog; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE;

ECO-TOXICITY;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0038467452     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819802766269548     Document Type: Review

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