Addressing land use and ecotoxicological impacts in Life cycle Assessments of food production technologies

Environmental Assessment and Management in the Food Industry: Life Cycle Assessment and Related Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 177-206

  De Schryver, A M ^a   van Zelm, R ^a   Huijbregts, M A J ^a   Goedkoop, M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PRé Consultants B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cause effect pathway; Characterization Factors; Ecotoxicity; Endpoint; Land use; Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Midpoint; Pesticides; Physical land use changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886698682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-552-1.50010-2     Document Type: Chapter

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