Life cycle assessment for solid waste disposal options in Malaysia

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1377-1382

  Saheri, Sanaz ^a   Mir, Masoud Aghajani ^a   Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin ^b   Binti Mahmood, Noor Zalina ^c   Begum, Rawshan Ara ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Impact assessment; LCA Malaysia; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867767924     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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