Environmental implications of wireless technologies: News delivery and business meetings

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2961-2970

  Toffel, Michael W ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; TELECONFERENCING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; WIRELESS TELECONFERENCING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MASS COMMUNICATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TRAVEL;

COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEWSPAPERS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 2542454753     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es035035o     Document Type: Review

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