Life cycle assessment

Green Composites: Polymer Composites and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 23-48

  Murphy, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 77957070142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-85573-739-6.50006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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