Comparison of life cycle impact assessment tools in the case of biofuels

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Landis, Amy E ^a   Theis, Thomas L ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; LCA; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL-; ECOTOXICITY; FEED STOCK MATERIALS; HEAVY METAL SPECIATION; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; ESTIMATION; HEAVY METALS; METAL DRAWING; METALS; RAW MATERIALS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 51849148666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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