Comparative life cycle assessment of rapeseed oil and palm oil

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-197

  Schmidt, Jannick H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Consequential modelling; Life cycle assessment; Marginal data; Palm oil; Rapeseed oil; System expansion

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; PALM OIL; RAPESEED OIL;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TILLAGE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS;

EID: 77953477299     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0142-0     Document Type: Article

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