Estimating the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of Australian ambulance services

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-141

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a   Buettner, Petra G ^a   Canyon, Deon V ^b   Crawford, J Mac ^c   Judd, Jenni ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Greenhouse gas emissions; Input output; Life cycle analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE SERVICES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INPUT-OUTPUT; INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; PURCHASING PRACTICES; TOTAL EMISSIONS; VEHICLE FLEETS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AMBULANCES;

EID: 84865525565     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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