Lifetime of household appliances: Empirical evidence of users behaviour

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 622-633

  Gutiérrez, Ester ^a   Adenso Díaz, Belarmino ^b   Lozano, Sebastián ^a   González Torre, Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

competing risks; electrical and electronic equipment; Household behaviour; lifetime; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPETING RISKS; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOUR; LIFETIME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BIOINFORMATICS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; OBSOLESCENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FAMILY; HOUSEHOLD; LIFESTYLE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY; UTILITY WORKS, APPLIANCES AND SERVICES;

ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECYCLING; RISK; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 79959431735     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10377914     Document Type: Article

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