Environmental life cycle assessment of a galician cheese: San Simon da Costa

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-262

  González García, Sara ^a   Hospido, Almudena ^b   Moreira, María Teresa ^b   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^b   Arroja, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy sector; Environmental analysis; Food; LCA; Life cycle inventory (LCI); Milk Whey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LCA; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; MILK WHEY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGINS; SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION;

DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; MANURES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878410026     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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