Life cycle assessment - Introduction and overview

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1207-1210

  Russell, A ^a   Ekvall, T ^b   Baumann, H ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Group   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INCINERATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RECOMMENDATIONS; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 22644437505     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.05.008     Document Type: Editorial

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