Achieving consensus on the assessment of toxicity in LCA

EM: Air and Waste Management Association's Magazine for Environmental Managers

Volumn , Issue DECEMBER, 2009, Pages 24-29

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77952067886     PISSN: 10889981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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