GM-troph: A low data demand ecotoxicity effect indicator for use in LCIA

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-91

  Larsen, Henrik Fred ^a   Hauschild, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Average estimates; Ecotoxicity effect indicators; Geometric mean; Hazardous concentration (HC50); Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Max min limits

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROANILINE; 2,3,4,6 TETRACHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; DICAMBA; DIMETHOATE; METRIBUZIN; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TERBUTYLAZINE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34147111308     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.12.288     Document Type: Article

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