Environmental life cycle assessment of a dairy product: The yoghurt

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 796-811

  González García, Sara ^a,b   Castanheira, Érica G ^c   Dias, Ana Cláudia ^a   Arroja, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dairy sector; Environmental analysis; Milk; Portugal

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ABIOTIC DEPLETION; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE NONRENEWABLE FOSSIL AND NUCLEAR ENERGY DEMAND; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAIRYING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND COMPETITION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANT FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDIFICATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876417340     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0522-8     Document Type: Article

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