Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of Laundry Detergent Formulations in the UK

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 266-275

  Van Hoof, Gert ^a,b   Schowanek, Diederik ^a,c   Feijtel, Tom C J ^a,d,e,f  

^a Procter and Gamble ^*

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c Dept of Soil Science and Geology   (Belgium)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Ctrl Prod Safety Org in P and G   (Belgium)

^f Ctrl Prod Safety Org in P and G

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

CLEANING; EUTROPHICATION; OZONE; POWDERS; SILICONES; TOXICITY;

DETERGENTS;

EID: 0344062647     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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