Building a model based on scientific consensus for life cycle impact assessment of chemicals: The search for harmony and parsimony

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7032-7037

  Hauschild, Michael Z ^a   Huijbregts, Mark ^b   Jolliet, Olivier ^c   Macleod, Matt ^d   Margni, Manuele ^e   Van De Meent, Dik ^f   Rosenbaum, Ralph K ^e   McKone, Thomas E ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMICAL EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODEL BASED; MODELING APPROACHES;

LIFE CYCLE;

CHEMICAL AGENT;

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 54749092920     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es703145t     Document Type: Review

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