Life cycle assessment of desktop PCs in Macau

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-566

  Song, Qingbin ^a   Wang, Zhishi ^a   Li, Jinhui ^b   Yuan, Wenyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Desktop PC; Electronics; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; Macau

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; NATURAL GAS; OIL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRT SCREEN; DATA BASE; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER AQUATIC ECOTOXICITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROPOWER; INCINERATION; KEYBOARD; LCD SCREEN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MACAO; MARINE AQUATIC ECOTOXICITY; MICROCOMPUTER; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TERRESTRIAL AQUATIC ECOTOXICITY;

EID: 84878588862     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0515-7     Document Type: Article

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