Evaluating CO2 emissions and fatalities tradeoffs in truck transport

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 750-767

  Rogers, Mary Margaret ^a   Weber, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Commercial road vehicles; Data envelopment analysis; Supply chain management; Sustainability; Transportation; Transportation fatalities; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052645761     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031111166410     Document Type: Article

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