Human health damages due to indoor sources of organic compounds and radioactivity in life cycle impact assessment of dwellings - Part 1: Characterisation factors

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-316

  Meijer, Arjen ^a,b   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^c   Reijnders, Lucas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building materials; Dwellings; Gamma radiation; Human health damages; Indoor pollutants; Life cycle impact assessment; Organic compounds; Radioactivity; Radon

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADON;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 24944516545     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2004.12.194.1     Document Type: Article

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