Ecotoxicity impact assessment of laundry products: A comparison of USEtox and critical dilution volume approaches

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 803-818

  Van Hoof, Gert ^a   Schowanek, Diederik ^a   Franceschini, Helen ^b   Muñoz, Ivan ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical dilution volume; Ecotoxicity; Environmental product labelling; Laundry detergents; USEtox

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; EDETATE DISODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SORBITOL; STEARIC ACID; STYRENE; XANTHAN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHARACTERIZATION FACTOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL DILUTION VOLUME METHOD; DATA BASE; ECOTOXICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; USETOX METHOD;

EID: 80052770880     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0318-2     Document Type: Article

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