EPD - Environmental product declarations for wood products - An application of life cycle information about forest products

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-201

  Bergman, Richard ^a   Taylor, Adam ^b  

^a USDA FS Forest Products Lab   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL LABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS; FOREST-PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE INFORMATION; PRODUCT CATEGORIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80053395711     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-61.3.192     Document Type: Review

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