Life Cycle Impact Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 67-103

  Margni, Manuele ^a   Curran, Mary Ann ^b  

^a CIRAIG   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area of protection; Endpoint; Indicator; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle impact assessment; Midpoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886681219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118528372.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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