Life cycle assessment Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications

Environment International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 701-720

  Rebitzer, Gerald ^a   Ekvall, T ^b   Frischknecht, R ^c   Hunkeler, D ^d   Norris, G ^e   Rydberg, T ^f   Schmidt, W P ^g   Suh, S ^h   Weidema, B P ⁱ   Pennington, D W ^f  

^a ENAC   (Switzerland)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ESU Services   (Switzerland)

^d AQUA+TECH Specialties SA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g FORD WERKE GMBH   (Germany)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ 20 LCA Consultants ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

OZONE DEPLETION; WATER USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

OZONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVENTORY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NOISE; POLICY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SMOG; STRATOSPHERE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1842479938     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2003.11.005     Document Type: Review

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