What Can Meta-Analyses Tell Us About the Reliability of Life Cycle Assessment for Decision Support?

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Brandão, Miguel ^a   Heath, Garvin ^b   Cooper, Joyce ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84860503389     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00477.x     Document Type: Editorial

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