Attributional and consequential LCA of milk production

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-349

  Thomassen, Marlies A ^a   Dalgaard, Randi ^b   Heijungs, Reinout ^c   De Boer, Imke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attributional LCA; Co product allocation; Consequential LCA; Milk production; System expansion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MILK; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 45849136730     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-008-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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