Indicator selection in life cycle assessment to enable decision making: Issues and solutions

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1568-1580

  Van Hoof, Gert ^a   Vieira, Marisa ^b   Gausman, Maria ^a   Weisbrod, Annie ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b PRé Consultants ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data completeness; Decision making; Hand dishwashing product; Life cycle impact assessment; Multi indicator; Normalization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84884357130     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0595-z     Document Type: Article

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