Environmental life cycle assessment as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) part 1: Methodology

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-186

  Lewandowska, Anna ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Assessment; EMS; Environmental aspects; Identification; LCA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958694493     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0253-2     Document Type: Article

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