The influence of nutrients and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions on the ecological footprint of products

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 963-979

  Hanafiah, Marlia M ^a,b   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Nutrient emissions; Products

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865475717     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2040963     Document Type: Article

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